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Business
Asian-owned businesses in Portland say they’re being targeted by disability lawsuits
Asian business owners in Portland suspect being unfairly targeted by two lawyers who have filed multiple Americans with Disabilities Act (AD...
Editorial Staff
Travel
Chinese man who lost his arm and leg travels the world on his bike
Despite losing his arm and leg in a teenage accident, a Chinese man has traveled to over a dozen countries on a bike, showing how his passio...
Bryan Ke
Entertainment
Big Ocean, first hearing-impaired K-pop group, set for debut
South Korea is set to unveil its first-ever hearing-impaired K-pop group, Big Ocean, this month. Key points: ...
Government
Disability rights activist Stacey Park Milbern to be 1st Korean American on US quarters
The U.S. Mint has revealed some of the designs for the quarters featuring Korean American disability rights activist Stacey Park Milbern as ...
China
Man with cerebral palsy uses chin, nose to write heartwarming poem dedicated to his dad
A Chinese man who could never move his hands or feet and could never stand due to a neurological disorder dedicated one of the poems he wrot...
Clouds and clarity: My first music festival with 88rising as a disabled Asian American
88rising’s Head in the Clouds was supposed to be my first music festival — a dream I had nurtured since November 2021. That was the ye...
Daniel Anderson
Disabled Chinese woman says she now earns $691,000 annually breeding beef cattle
A disabled woman in China claims she is earning hundreds of thousands of dollars annually after finding success as a beef cattle breeder. Ke...
Asian lead roles have increased on Netflix, report finds
A study released Thursday by Netflix and the University of Southern California (USC) reported that 41.5% of series and 12.3% of films on the...
Ana Yoo
Armless man in China earns praise for using feet to care for newborn and wife
A heartwarming video of an armless Chinese man taking care of his wife and newborn baby using only his feet has gone viral on social media p...
Ines Shin
Design
Chinese amputee ‘Iron Leg Man’ shares his hi-tech prosthetic leg design online so others can use it
Liang Kaiyu, 30, created his own prosthetic leg and then modified it by adding LED lights, shock absorbers and a self-charging interface. ...
Asia
‘He’s got an IQ of 69’: Malaysian man to be hanged in Singapore for possessing 1.5 ounces of heroin
Lawyers are making last-resort efforts to save a mentally impaired Malaysian man from being hanged in Singapore for drug charges next week. ...
Restaurant that employs disabled workers posts pictures of empty tables online in plea for help
On Tuesday, diners from all walks of life flocked to Dignity Kitchen, an eatery in Boon Keng, Singapore, to show their support as the busine...
News
Hard of Hearing Baristas Serve Coffee With ‘Bear Hands’ at Hit Shanghai Café
Customers are flocking to a specialty café in Shanghai for its forward-thinking business model that provides employment to disabled employee...
Ryan General
Feature
Badminton Player Prepares for Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
This article was originally published on Shuttlers. Meet Tim Wong Chun-yim, a 30-year-old professional disabled badminton player who is now ...
Boy Loses $40,000 Hearing Aid, Entire Chinese City Helps To Search
A 3-year-old boy in eastern China reunited with his lost hearing aid after a successful city-wide search. The child from Zhengzhou, Henan pr...
Carl Samson
Chinese Painter Proves that You Don’t Need Hands to Create Amazing Artwork
This painter from China is proving to everyone that you don’t need hands to create amazing works of art — just pure dedication to mast...
Instagram
Woman with Dwarfism Regains Confidence Through Cosplaying
While some people may take up cosplaying as a hobby or to express their artistic side, others join the lifestyle as a way to regain their co...
‘Silent’ Bubble Tea Shop in China Hires Only Deaf Employees
China’s Silent Beverage bubble tea shop is garnering interest from locals in Guiyang due to its unique premise of exclusively hiring e...
Kyle Encina
Man in a Wheelchair Travels Around Japan By Heartwarming Strangers
Yusuke Terada, a 27-year-old office worker and Tokyo resident bound to a wheelchair, is now seeing more of his country after launching a cam...
Heather Johnson Yu
Blind Asian Man Kicked Out of Subway Because Of His Guide Dog
A Subway sandwich outlet in New York has issued an apology after it received criticism for reportedly turning away a blind customer just bec...
Meet the Blind Lawyer Who Works for Google in New York City
Despite being legally blind, this Google employee commutes to work each day from New Jersey to his office in the Chelsea neighborhood of New...
Laura Dang
Misc
Disgusting Note Left to Disabled Person Simply Because She Didn’t Look Disabled
A harsh note placed on an Australian woman’s windshield has spurred her to speak out on the stigma faced by those with “invisible” disabilit...
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