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Articles from the Disability Telegraph Onlinenewspaper

1. Maria Rantho - South Africa's first disabled MP.
   • It had been a long and challenging road for the 42-year-old former nurse who became a leading light in the fight for human rights under the old apartheid system.
2. Ixopo's disabled fight against corrupt doctor.
   • The Disabled People of South Africa (DPSA) which is the civil rights group boasting the slogan "Nothing About Us Without Us" Organise against a corrupt local doctor who charges R30 every month to authorise their disability grant. If they refused to attend his clinic he had the power to withhold the grant of RBO a month. His actions are illegal but they are powerless to challenge him.
3. Saying no and making it stick.
   • People with disabilities attending the self defence classes presented by the Metropolitan Police found that they no longer have to be sitting ducks when accosted by revolting lowlifes.
4. Russia's new criminals communicate in sign to baffle police
   • Two bullets in the back of the head killed Igor Abramov outside his Moscow flat early this month. Deaf people turn to crime due to mass unemployment and the discrimination they face in their daily lives
5. You may be able to drive even though you are a hundred years old.
   • It has already been nick-named the Ford Wrinkly, or the Olds-mobile. A range of cars designed for the over-sixties, featuring state-of-the art technology to help them cope with poor eyesight, restricted movement and slower reactions.
6. Helping other blind people to use the Underground.
   • Safely and successfully by employing, their functioning senses blind people are able to navigate London's vast underground system.
7. Zoom in on better hearing.
   • People who have trouble with their hearing will soon be able to zoom in on conversations with a novel hearing aid that can cut out background noise.
8. Millions of pounds unclaimed in pensions.
   • Thousands of former servicemen and women are missing out on millions of pounds in war pensions. Some could be losing up to £100 a week.