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A dancer from the Paris Opera dances with a disabled dancer in her wheelchair during a rehearsal of the ballet "Passage" in Paris, on February 19, 2022. AFP

No surprise that women with disability are good mums

CommentApril 27, 2023

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, attends an iftar banquet with autistic children and their families at the Emirates Towers hotel. Photo: Dubai Media Office

Dubai raises social funding for people with disabilities by 60%

GovernmentApril 17, 2023

A pupil at the Rashid Centre for People of Determination in Dubai at work on an Eid design. Antonie Robertson / The National

Dubai students with special needs design Amazon Eid cards

UAEApril 05, 2023

Trained Emirates staff wear the sunflower pin, which identifies them as able to help. Photo: Emirates

Emirates airline boosts efforts to help passengers with disabilities

TransportMarch 30, 2023

British Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft as seen departing in the blue sky during rotation, take off, flying and retracting the landing gear phase, from Amsterdam Schiphol AMS EHAM International airpot. The modern plane, a wide body B787 has the registration G-ZBJE and is powered by 2x RR jet engines. British Airways BA is connecting the Dutch city to UK's capital, London LHR Heathrow airport. BA is the flag carrier of the United Kingdom, member of One world aviation alliance group and is owned by IAG International Airlines Group. The world aviation passenger traffic numbers declined due to the travel restrictions, safety measures such as lockdowns, quarantine etc during the era of the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic that hit hard the aviation and travel industry. Amsterdam, Netherlands on April 1, 2021 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

BA launches visual guide for autism-friendly flying

BusinessMarch 30, 2023

Pianist Ahmed Al Mousawi, 12, finds he can express himself best when playing the music he loves. Photo: Al Mousawi Ffmily

Meet Ahmed, the 12-year-old Emirati piano prodigy impressing the professionals

UAEJanuary 02, 2023

How Sam Ray and his family celebrate Christmas. All photos: Chris Whiteoak / The National

Celebrating Christmas with an angel

WeekendDecember 23, 2022

Irish author Christy Brown wrote My Left Foot about his journey with cerebral palsy. Getty Images

Five books I wish people of determination would read

BooksDecember 03, 2022

Google's Accessibility Discovery Centre in London will be used for research and product development for people with disabilities. Reuters

Google opens its first accessibility research centre in the UK

BusinessDecember 02, 2022

Dubai school pupil Amanda Dsilva is pursuing her passion for modelling. Antonie Robertson / The National

Dubai schoolgirl with Down syndrome aspires to make runway more inclusive

EducationOctober 31, 2022

Salem Bawazar played a vital role in hiring people with a range of disabilities to take pride of place on the global stage of Expo, in everything from photography and finance to visitor experience and administration. Reem Mohammed/The National

Expo's first employee with a disability is hunting for a new role

UAESeptember 26, 2022

Mohammed Aboelazm and Eman Khamis, co-founders of EduTech start-up I Hear You, an Abu Dhabi-based start-up that provides two-sign sign language translation. Photo: I Hear You

How I Hear You seeks to be the 'Google Translate of sign language'

TechnologySeptember 12, 2022

Afghan women with mobility impairment consequences of polio participate in a wheelchair basketball friendly match during part of a polio vaccination campaign in Herat on August 23. AFP

The right words around 'disability'

CommentSeptember 08, 2022

More than a million people in the US have died with Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, and at least 93 million people in the country have been infected. EPA

Long Covid keeping millions of Americans out of work

USAugust 25, 2022

Marilena di Coste, founder of The Butterfly, says it is a 'one-stop shop' for people of determination and their families. Victor Besa / The National

Abu Dhabi network helps disabled people in the workplace

UAEAugust 11, 2022

Palestinian children swim in a pool at a summer camp organised by Palestine Children's Relief Fund in Gaza City, Gaza on August 02, 2021. Anadolu Agency via Getty

What it takes to overcome disabilities in Gaza

CommentAugust 02, 2022

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