Disability in Malaysia refers to the people withdisability inMalaysia (Malay:Orang Kurang Upaya orOKU). As of June 2024, there are 707,242 registered disabled persons in Malaysia with various category of disability.^[1] 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.^[2]

The Department of Social Welfare Malaysia lists disabilities into seven categories, which are hearing, visual, speaking, physical, learning, mental and multiple disabilities.^[3]

In 2008, theParliament of Malaysia passed the Persons with Disabilities Act (PWDA) to ensure access for disabled people to public facilities, transportation, recreation, leisure and sport services.^[4]

• 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

• Healthcare in Malaysia

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