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David Lim, leader of Singapore’s first Mt. Everest Expedition, as you may recall was struck down by a rare and serious nerve disorder shortly after returning from the successful Mt. Everest Expedition. He was paralysed from the eyes down and spent six months in hospital. Now, a year after his discharge, and partially disabled himself, David is returning to the mountains.

You can make this Christmas more joyful for people with disabilities by buying the Christmas Cards produced by The Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD). The entire production process of the cards – from the first line drawn to the designing, printing, packing and delivery – is done by people with disabilities.

For people with disabilities, a lack of knowledge and exposure to IT can only further widen the opportunity gap between them and the rest of the community. The Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) hopes to help bridge this divide by ensuring that people with disabilities are provided with equal opportunity to learn and adopt IT skills through its IT for the Disabled programme. The programme aims to increase PC ownership amongst people with disabilities from low-income households by providing them with refurbished PCs. This programme is part of IDA’s PC Reuse Scheme.

Some 450 clients from five welfare organisations for people with disabilities gathered at Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) Stadium this morning to pit their athlete abilities at the SPD Sports Day 2001.