SABC Disability 360 - Motsweding FM

Having to accept and learn to live with a dissability condition at a later stage of one’s life can be a bit tricky and difficult, as one has already confined themselves over the past years to a life of being abled and not needing any assistance anyhow from anyone about anything at all. Now having to live with a dissability condition can be challenging, luckily for South Africans there are many org...

Disability is one of the most common lifestyle challenges the society has come to accept and constantly making the environment easier and friendlier to the disabled people. Currently there are many who were born and grew up fully abled, until coming across an incident or illness that turned their lives around.

With us today we have a disabled student from the University of Witwatersrand, Ms. Ntoko Christina Katlego Mlambo, a final year law student. At age three due to genetic disposition Miss Mlambo was diagnosed with chronic high astigmatism with keratoconus and later in life with amblyopia. She is not totally blind but partially sighted. Keratoconus means her cornea is very thin and shaped like a cone...

With us today we have a disabled student from the Sol Plaatjie University, Ms. Dimpho Moalahi. Ms. Moalahi presents with a very rare kind of disability that finds itself residing well around her spine, causing it not be straight or well aligned as it is supposed to be. This results in extreme back pains whenever she walk a little too much, carries heavy materials, tries to run. Even falling asleep...

Today we are in a good positive mood, the day we have been long awaiting to hand over a brand new laptop to a deserving female disabled student. With us today we have a disabled student from the University of North West, Ms. Miracle May, an B-tech IKS student. Ms. May is indeed a miracle just like her name. She presents with a very rare kind of disability called Moebius Syndrome. This results in m...

Disability can be a problem or a challenge for most people in a workplace, however there are those individuals who are able to perform their duties very well irrespective of being disable. Molebogeng Mokgatla talks to Rachel Matlhaba is a Senior Admin at Transnet about her journey at Transnet and she was proud to share with listeners that being disabled is not a challenge to her.

“Go tshela ka bogole ole motsadi, o nale bana/lelapa go bokete- nyana, ka gonne bana gago ba solofetse gole gontsi mo go wena gore oba tlamele” ano ke mafoko aga Mme Mmathapelo Seitshokelo a buisana le Molebogeng Mokgatla ka mokgwa o seemo sa gagwe sa botshelo se amang bokgoni jwa gagwe jaaka motsadi.

Dissability condition has to somehow have an effect on people, either the disabled themselves or those related/close by to the disabled person, it can either have it's own effects be it emotionally and psychologically. Men are generally known or presumed to be the toughest as compared to their female counterparts. Now for a man to have to adapt to and live with a any form of a disability condition...

For many years Albinism Society has been struggling with not only the stigma, but violence directed unto them that is motivated by misdirected myths. In this previous week the world observed and commemorated international albinism awareness day. The overall aim of the day is simply to celebrate and appreciate people with Albinism and also inform/educate the rest of the society of what Albinism is...

Disability can be an emotionally draining challenge for many, both young and old, and the disabled and people surrounding them as well. But for the 20 years old Calvin Kamogelo Mogajane it has been a different story, the blind author has up to thus far written and published three books regardless of not having a sight. Mogajane realized his potential as a write way too early when he was still a ki...

Re laleditse Lesley Nkosi, Player and Chairperson of Viking Wheelchair Rugby le mokatise Ramatladi Samuel Viking Wheelchair Rugby go tlhalosa ka wheelchair rugby.

Transformation in the work place has come along quite impressively, more especially as far as inclusion of disabled people is concerned. Be that as it may be, there are those still complaining that the disabled people are only employed to execute basic admin work only. The government has Fas tracked the process of including disabilities in the work places, making the working environment easily acc...

Dissability does not have to mean inability, so says many motivational speakers. Being disabled does not mean one cannot make or perfom amazing abilities in their lifetime and many have gone to being testimonies of that. In aim of bettering employees with disabilities and giving them access to their rights of information, more specifically the blind, two employees from the department of finance in...

Thapelo Seabelo wa Bonang Disability in Sports and Data Capturing (BDSDC) o tlile go re tlhalosetsa ka tiro e mokgatlho wa bona o e dirang mo go thuseng le go tsosoloseng batho ba tshelang ka bogole/bas a itekanela

Dissability condition has lately grown to be accepted as just one of those ordinary conditions, people with disabilities are no longer excluded that much from any other activities within the society, including economic activities as well. The massive dissability inclusion campaigns that the organized groups have been embarking in have paid greatly. Though the disabled people might now be enjoying...

Life can be all good and glamour when one has all the freedom they need to move around whenever they want to and do the things they want to freely so. But then things can take a bit of a sour turn when all of a sudden your life changes all together. One of those major changes can be brought by a dissability condition, one that you were not born with but came across and must adapt to whilst still g...

The better parts of the world have up to thus far improved immensely with how they view and perceive disability. Major projects of disability inclusion have seen greater success all thanks to people embracing disabled people and having positive expectations from the disabled community. The very same has slowly but surely happened with Albinism. The barbaric acts of butchering people with albinism...

The month of April is not only freedom month, but it is also a month of Autism Awareness Disorder, a generic term that describes a range of issues relating to brain development. Autism can b defined as or simply means there will be impacts on how a child with this disorder will learn and develop. Autism impacts children and adults in many ways but, many of the issues can be overcome or with small...

Life has its fair share of ups and downs. One cannot be happy at all times, every day of their lives till eternity. At some point in life we all do come across certain challenges that do emerge as a serious mountain hill to climb, that does at other times lead to people giving up in life, attracting depression that eventually drives one to suicide. A disability condition can lead to unending press...

Many, especially those who were born fully abled and able to manoeuvre and do anything for themselves anywhere anytime, might be feeling like somehow their rights might have been violated or abused by getting involved in accidents that led them to permanent dissability conditions. But still nonetheless they still continue to live their lives to the fullest and do the best they can under their circ...

Parenting can be a tedious task, more especially for a new parent. Hence in many African cultures/practices a new parent will have an elderly taking good care of her and the new baby, guiding the parent on how to take good care of the child and performing certain tasks like noticing when something is wrong with the child. Now for a disabled woman to be a new parent can be extra tedious, more espec...

: Dissability is something that no one applies to have, or hopes to have. It is something that emerges or comes as a result of an accident or maybe illness as well. The important thing is learning to accept and live with your disability condition and making the most out of your life regardless of the disability condition. Having to come to terms with your newly fond or come across dissability cond...

In today’s life and world at large inclusion of dissability has been a journey greatly conquered by all citizens who participated whole-heartedly in. almost every in and around the world great measures have been put into place to ensure disabled people are included anywhere in anything and able to utilize accordingly all resources at their disposal. In this month of March, commonly known as the mo...

Life is full of its fair share of challenges. Time and again now and then we get faced with endless obstacles to where we want to go to, what we want to do or who we want to be. But then these obstacles or challenges they do nothing but just merely shape us up to be better people than we would have been without them challenges. Disability can also emerge as a challenge in one’s life, depending on...

Re buisana le sekgantshwane sa Wheelchair Tennis Kgothatso Montjane ka loeto la gagwe kwa Australian Open, kwa Kenya kwa World Cup Team Qualifiers le ipaakanyo ya gagwe pele ga 2020 Paralympics