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The current record for climbing the world’s 14 tallest peaks is almost eight years. Nepali climber, Nirmal Purja, who served in the British special...
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The election of two candidates with serious disabilities to Japan’s parliament was hailed by activists Monday, saying it could help boost understanding and improve...
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Kazakh police on Tuesday detained a woman with cerebral palsy as she protested against the daughter of former strongman Nursultan Nazarbayev for calling people...
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When Adriana Macias graduated from law school, she found no firm was interested in hiring an attorney without arms. So Macias, a 41-year-old Mexican...
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A young Syrian with cerebral palsy, who trekked with a wheelchair from her homeland all the way to Germany as a refugee, on Wednesday...
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Thousands of Japanese people — some as young as nine — forcibly sterilised under now-defunct eugenics laws, will receive government compensation after lawmakers passed...
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In a gym in Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty, Paralympic weightlifter Alina Solodukhina’s slight shoulders are feeling the strain under more than 60 kilogrammes of...
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A former British marine on Tuesday launched his attempt to become the first physically disabled person to row solo and unsupported across the Atlantic...
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Lucas Barron will make history on Sunday when he lines up on the Dakar 2019 starting line in Peru, becoming the first person with...
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A wheelchair user who was stopped from drinking alcohol at a wine tasting event over “safety” concerns is seeking compensation in a Japanese court....