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Nuzvid, India, a small village in Andhra Pradesh, a state that’s known for its rich heritage and famous for its mangos and educational institutions. There is a school called Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), and out of the hundreds students who go there, enter two. These boys are close friends (names are changed for [...]
Every single person who has ever stepped foot on this Earth was born with different abilities, emotions and limitations. As they say, no one is born holding a football or a flute. We learn to grow into the person we are today by our habits and the environment around us.
Everyone is different. Some of us [...]
The ruthless gravel skins his knees, as he coughs with the dust. People stare with wide eyes, hanging jaws, and rude pointing fingers. He crawls with the dust, breathes with the dirt. Sputtering and wheezing, he arrives at school, and clambers into his seat. School begins, and when the day is over he goes back, [...]
From the times long ago, his mother used to push the wheelchair on the unruly gravel roads, the long, hard way to school, just so her son could get an education. And the father, who earned little money as a mechanic, worked and tried and struggled to make money so that he could support his [...]
One year ago, life was in dire straits for 38 year old Shah (name of the applicant is changed for privacy reasons), a progressive muscular dystrophy victim living in Kamareddy, India. The incurable disease had left him unable to walk since early childhood. Putting food on the table was an everyday challenge, the family of [...]
As the autorikshaw carrying 2 sewing machines and Mina (name of the applicant is changed for privacy reasons) zoomed past us leaving a puff of smoke at the Babukhan Estate in Hyderabad, I could still see the smiling face of Mina – a women who until recently was fighting to survive breast cancer besides coping [...]
Yeah, right. The cliche describes millionaire athletes playing through the pain of hangnails to politicians triumphing over their own stupid bad habits.
Now, meet the real deal.
Jessica Parks was born without arms.
Friday, the 18-year-old put her contact lenses in with a toe, ate breakfast using utensils held in her feet, went to her part-time job [...]
In a country with over 60 million people with disabilities, 19.2 million of them need orthotics and prosthetic aides, 4.6 million of them need artificial limbs or calipers just to walk, and 1.4 million require crutches and canes.
There is little hope that when the help arrives it will be in the form of a motorized [...]
