There was a warm reception at the Awards Ceremony for courageous South African swimmer Natalie du Toit, who is breaking down the barriers between disabled and able-bodied sport, as she received the Laureus Disability Award. While Australia's three-times World Surfing Champion Stephanie Gilmore was named Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year
The Springboks have congratulated South African swimmer Natalie du Toit and Britain's Brawn GP Formula One team who were crowned Laureus Sports Awards' winners at a gala ceremony in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday evening
BABY Ashleigh Louw arrived at the home she never knew for the first and last time on Saturday morning – for her funeral.
Her tiny casket arrived in a black Mercedes-Benz hearse at the family flat in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, at 7.45am.
Disabled and abandoned, three-year-old Domingo was left alone in the shack he identified as "home" for four days.
He was found by social worker Tawanda Danda, who renders service to people with disabilities in Pretoria West.
And for anyone who has ever been dealt tragedy or adversity, the Paralympic torchbearer wants them to know all you have to do is decide you want your life back.
It's not uncommon for gamers who are blind to feel invisible in addition to visually impaired. For instance, when gamer Brandon Cole wrote THQ a letter suggesting changes to make its Smackdown series of WWE wrestling games more accessible to those who are blind, he received a form letter back thanking him for his appreciation of the game's graphics. But now, one gamer who is visually impaired has gone beyond simply requesting accessibility features and is demanding them by way of a lawsuit. Last month, disabled gamer Alexander Stern filed suit against Sony, Sony Online Entertainment, and Sony Computer Entertainment America in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The suit alleges that Sony is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to implement features to make its games accessible to gamers who are visually impaired.
Ecommerce merchants spend a lot of time thinking about statistics. They try to gauge who is visiting their website, what products consumers are most interested in, and how consumers are finding those products. Without knowing about their audience, merchants have a difficult time marketing their site and products. The physical disabilities of a merchant's visitors are a factor that he or she should consider. I often hear business owners claim that their sites aren't used by people with disabilities, so they don't need to pay attention to web accessibility. But there's no basis for such claims because the merchant can't possibly know this information. The tracked profile of a user with a disability, via a typical analytics package, is identical to anybody else using that browser. General statistics about disabilities, however, are extensive. Ecommerce merchants would be well-served to consider these statistics as they work to better understand their audience of potential customers.
