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When Yushae DeSilva-Andrade isn’t playing boccia, she is knitting. The 22-year-old, who will compete at the Paralympics next month, trains “five to six days a week, three hours a day”, and uses the hobby to wind down. “It keeps me calm after doing a...

Sebastian Lee never expected to find much in common with a group of special-needs children. Until he volunteered at Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy, the 14-year-old didn’t know anybody with physical or mental challenges. “The biggest surprise was tha...

Luke Caines, a seriously disabled man who remains a ward of the hospital, still has an option to move out to the Summerhaven assisted living facility. Don Ricardo Wynn, administrator of the facility, spoke with The Royal Gazette alongside chairman Jo...

The US Consulate’s first participant in the International Visitor Leadership Programme, Kelly Madeiros, has outlined the expertise she gained during a three-week visit to America exploring disability rights. She was selected as one of 20 people from...

Dylan Peart is ready to go. His mother Dawn said: “He would have me get up and go for a drive every day. He always wants to go. He’ll come home from school and say, I’m ready! Let’s go!” The 11-year-old is a student at Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy...

“Important changes” have been made at the Summerhaven home for the physically disabled during the three-month tenure of an administrator, the Ministry of Health has said. In a statement, a ministry spokeswoman said that although the administrator’s t...

A new administrator starts today at the Summerhaven home for the physically disabled, with chairman John Powell hoping the appointment will settle longstanding complaints over the facility. “It was mutually agreed between the Government and ourselves...

Bermuda’s coordinator of the Department of Court Services is heading to the United States to help further disability rights. Kelly Madeiros, who helped develop the Mental Health Treatment Court pilot initiative, was selected by the US Consulate and t...

Get your thinking cap on and help someone with a disability in the Global Reverse Pitch Challenge. The Inspire eBusiness initiative, which aims to encourage the development of local e-commerce business on the Island, is calling on talented Bermudians...

The Minister of Health took to the City Hall steps yesterday to champion equal rights for the disabled. “Persons with disabilities should be assured access to the fundamental elements of daily life that are available to all members of the community,”...

Doctors urged Sonya Smith to pull the plug after her son, Tony Grant, was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident; Arissa Wilson didn’t speak in full sentences before she was five. Both benefited from the range of therapeutic programmes in place a...

The streets of Hamilton will look a little different tomorrow, as the city commemorates the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Hamilton is supporting the Disability Advisory Council with a proclamation, and the public are ...