Enkuthazweni Special Needs Centre in Nemato recently hosted a walk, drawing members of the community together to promote inclusion, tackle stigma, and raise awareness around children with special needs. The event, held under the theme of…
Visually challenged parkrun enthusiast, Trevor Mackin, has become a source of inspiration for the Port Alfred community after notching up his 250th parkrun on Saturday. Mackin has been a regular at the Port Alfred parkrun starting point…
Close your eyes and walk 10 steps. Now put a correctly designed white cane in your hand and use it to navigate the same 10 steps. It is a world of difference – and that the difference adventurer and activist Chris Venter was making as he…
It is November, the month for creating awareness of people with disabilities. Here, I share what it is like travelling in a world that is for the greater part inaccessible to people with disabilities – where design meets the needs of…
By PASHA ALDEN Helen Keller said: “One never knows what miracles may be wrought.” This is surely true when sharing life with these incredibly kind and taciturn friends, without whom many people with disabilities would not achieve…
By PASHA ALDEN Travelling on life’s interesting journey while living with blindness, I encounter all kinds of questions – not to mention strange situations. At times I feel as if a book is long overdue to assist friends, family and…
