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Everyone can find some sports to do. That's what is promoted on China's National Fitness Day that falls on Aug. 8. Wang Jingping looks much younger than a 64-year-old. He started to go to gym three years ago after experiencing a serious illness. "I work out to get...

Namibia is breaking new ground and training visually impaired persons to become message therapists. The 31-year old Martha Abed is the first visually impaired Namibian to benefit from the program and is also one of the first to start practising in the country. Abed...

With the help of her son, Lu Fengzhu headed toward Wutong township, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in her wheelchair to attend painting class. The 51-year-old is disabled due to infantile paralysis. She was unable to work because her hands and feet...

Over 300 deaf students in Nepal have been benefited by the school bag donation project of China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA). Amid a special function organized in Central Higher Secondary School for Deaf in the capital city Kathmandu on Tuesday, CFPA...

"Beijing can do for the Paralympic Winter Games what it did for the summer Games in 2008 and take the event to a whole new level." Said International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons in an interview with Xinhua. The interview is part of the...

Tough memories are still haunting Thaers Jouda every single day when he reacts with that moment when his house was destroyed over heads of all his family members in the latest Israeli war in 2014. "I was playing with my siblings at our house garden, but suddenly I...

China has registered progress in improving accessibility for persons with disabilities or physical challenges since the release of a set of regulations on the initiative in 2012. Adopted by the State Council, the Regulations on the Building of an Accessible...

China's ongoing national Paralympic games highlights the country's recent improvements in accessibility and accommodation for disabled people, according to Majed Rashed, President of the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC). "A national Paralympic games is not just about...