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February 2006: Living with Disabilities
Disability is a reality for millions of people across the world. Living with disability implies actively living, a goal society must strive to acheive. In order for that, we must examine the issues, question policies and organize to ensure that people with disabilities everywhere are given the same rights and access to opportunities. Thinking through ideas and writing what you know is a critical step. These TakingITGlobal writers took on that challenge and the following articles are the result.
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Moving Beyond Pity by R Kahendi, Kenya
I am uncomfortable with the fact that society teaches us to pity those who we believe to be less fortunate than we are rather than to empathize with them. Pity implies an imagined sense of superiority over the other, so that we end up looking at an individual who was born without sight, for instance, and who has lived that way all their lives as having a less complete...
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Migraines by Alexander Tothill-Brown, Canada
A friend of mine has been attending high school in Osaka, Japan since August 2005 and living with a series of host families. Before leaving her home in Ottawa, Canada, she took a complete medical. Her doctor filled out a declaration stating all existing health concerns she was suffering.
My friend has been suffering from migraines since she was about...
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My Work with Children with Disabilities by Anand Koti, India
Understanding life is really difficult. It’s better not to understand it and let it come the way it has to. We can improve our life with our collective hard work, practical approach and meditation. There is a bright ray of light within everyone, it is constantly trying to come out and break through.
Words can not describe my experience of working with...
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Ability in Disability by Henry Ekwuruke, Nigeria
Seeking knowledge makes for wisdom
Discerning, making (good and sound) judgment
Of good and reputable course
Picturing colors and knowing the difference
I had to know of it
My ability, my abilities
To read and write
To perceive and to understand people
I had to know but I knew not
My...
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other articles in this issue
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Living without a voice
Kat Birch, United Kingdom |
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HIV/AIDS, Rape, and Sexual Violence Threatens the Lives of the Disabled in Kenya
African, South Africa |
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There is Ability in Disability
'Yemisi , Finland |
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Physically Challenged Not Disabled
Shola Amurawaiye, Nigeria |
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Become a Friend
Artem Semergey, Russia |
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Living With Disabilities
Fredrick, Kenya |
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Disability in Uganda
Ssendagire Paul, Uganda |
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My Most “Enabled” Colleague
Tanmay N. Vora, India |
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The Disabled in India
Joshipura, India |
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A Day with Ms. Iva and Her Students
Lice Movono, Fiji |
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