Disability in Malaysia
# Disability in Malaysia

Disability in Malaysia refers to the people with disability in Malaysia (Malay: Orang Kurang Upaya or OKU). As of 2007, there are 197,519 people in Malaysia with various category of disability. The country is a state party to the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, having signed on 8 April 2008 and ratified the treaty on 19 July 2010.

## Categories

The Department of Social Welfare Malaysia lists disabilities into seven categories, which are hearing, visual, speaking, physical, learning, mental and multiple disabilities.

## Law

In 2008, the Parliament of Malaysia passed the Persons with Disabilities Act (PWDA) to ensure access for disabled people to public facilities, transportation, recreation, leisure and sport services.

## National-level organisations

* Alzheimer's Disease Foundation of Malaysia
* Kiwanis Disability Information and Support Centre
* Malaysia Information Network for the Disabled
* Malaysian Association for the Blind
* Malaysian Braille Press
* Malaysian Federation of the Deaf
* Malaysian Confederation of the Disabled
* Malaysian Mental Health Association
* Malaysian Mentalink Foundation
* Malaysian Parkinson's Disease Association
* Malaysian Spinal Injury Association
* National Council for the Blind, Malaysia
