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After more than two decades of Para swimming, Canadian nine-time Paralympic champion Benoit Huot is announcing his retirement from the sport. “It’s time to hang up my Speedo. It was the greatest of honours to represent our country and I’m proud to have been able to...

World Para Ice Hockey is looking for countries to host three of the sport’s major events in 2020. Bids are now being accepted to host the 2020 European Championships, Pan Pacific Championships and World Championships C-Pool. Interested organisers are invited to...

Twenty-five-year-old Lucas Barron is set to become the first person with Down's syndrome to take part in the grueling race of Dakar 2019 in Peru on Sunday. The Peruvian who will be co-pilot for his father Jacques Barron, will tackle the world's most demanding rally: a...

Portuguese public and private companies of medium and large size are obliged to hire between 1 percent and 2 percent of the disabled people respectively, according to legislation published Thursday. According to the new law, which establishes the system of employment...

Scientists from Washington State University (WSU) on the U.S. western coast are using a robot system to help elderly people suffering from dementia or other impairments complete most-needed tasks in their daily life. The WSU scientists invented the Robot Activity...

by Keren Setton Yossi, who is blind and deaf, works at Israel's main toll road installing sensors on cars. Sapir, 17 years old, who has a rare disease that makes her age faster, can make perfect traditional Jewish Sabbath bread, Challah. Their lives have been changed,...

Mongolian children with disabilities will be able to enjoy comprehensive health services from the China-aided development center for disabled children in Ulan Bator, Mongolian Minister of Labor and Social Protection Sodnom Chinzorig said Thursday. "Today, we all...

The New Zealand government on Monday released a guide on designing accessible public buildings in order to achieve full accessibility for disabled people. "Access to public buildings is a basic human right and New Zealand building legislation supports this," Minister...