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LaKiesha Wolffe’s goal is “to change Bermuda” for the disabled. Now Ms Wolffe, who lost a leg after a crash six years ago, is ready to launch her consultancy service for the disabled. It came after she won a place last month among eight businesspeopl...

Doctors predicted Chloe Couture would never eat without a feeding tube, sit unassisted or talk. She had severe cerebral palsy, which placed the odds of improving against the five-year-old. Her family refused to listen. Chloe, 13, will compete with he...

A new playground designed to be useable by the disabled could be completed by the end of this month. The attraction, at the WindReach centre for the disabled in Warwick, will feature an area for music, a mini-theatre, diggers able to be operated by w...

Bermuda’s Special Olympics heroes were celebrated yesterday with a motorcade and reception on the grounds of Cabinet. The commemoration of the team’s haul of eight medals and nine placings in the Abu Dhabi Games started with a motorcade from the Arbo...

A man who suffered a serious head injury in a bike crash six years ago has joined forces with the Disability Advisory Council to ask employers to give the disabled a chance to show what they can do. ReChai Young, 24, said he had been unable to get a...

Dear Sir, My husband, who is a wheelchair user, and I recently returned to the island to visit family and friends, and to attend a number of appointments in Hamilton. We have been aware for many years that, unlike similarly developed communities, the...

A national disabled games could be held in Bermuda, sports minister Michael Weeks said on Friday. Mr Weeks told the House of Assembly that consultation aimed at helping disabled people get involved in sports should finish next month and that an actio...

Dear Sir, I have a confession to make. I nearly illegally parked in an accessible parking space. I know. Horrifying. Just to clarify, I am referring to what we still commonly refer to as “handicapped” parking, but the more appropriate term these days...

Securing a scholarship and/or an award can be a tough exercise. It can be an even tougher exercise for those students with physical and/or learning disabilities. Such disabilities or funding barriers should not limit worthy students the chance to fur...

Disabled people will need more protection in the workplace in the wake of a Budget sweetener to boost their employment prospects, a leading campaigner warned yesterday. LaKiesha Wolffe welcomed the Budget announcement that the employer portion of pa...

Seán O’Connell will go down in history as the first person to swim the entire way around Bermuda. He did that between August 21 and 23, 1976, in 43 hours and 27 minutes. He’s also responsible for another feat — raising almost $65,000 for the Bermuda ...

Eleah Basden has a bright future ahead of her thanks to special needs charity WindReach Bermuda. The seven-year-old, who has autism spectrum disorder, has come on by “leaps and bounds” since she started therapeutic classes at the charity. Her mothe...