Entries from The WIP Contributors tagged with 'Feb09'
Drama Therapy: Blind Street Workers in India Find a Voice in the Arts
by Mridu Khullar - India / USA - A theatre troupe consisting of unemployed job seekers, hawkers on the streets of Kolkata, India, and people who've been told they have no prospects in life, come together each evening to sing,...
In California, Advocates for Disabled Adults Brace for Cuts
by Maria H. Lewytzkyj - USA - Every day in Sonoma County, Michelle Sanchez gets around in her wheelchair at Grosman Apartments in Santa Rosa, California. As a teenager, she hid her increasing equilibrium problems from her peers. Once she...
“Promoting self-help, not sympathy”: Kashmir’s She Hope Disability Centre Provides Support for a New Life
by Nusrat Ara - Indian-administered Kashmir - “Keep Guns Outside, Please.” The brightly-colored sign on the gates of She Hope Disability Centre is a reminder of Kashmir’s ongoing conflict. Sami Wani, the young manager, smiles when asked about the instruction....
Protection Around My Heart: Living as a Whole Person with Multiple Sclerosis
by Marin - USA - As I rode my scooter to an epic line of folks who had clearly been waiting for several hours to buy discount theater tickets, I was approached by a gentleman who led me to the...
Transcending Stereotypes: Parenting with a Disability
by Mary Grimley Mason - USA - When do the children of a mother with a disability discover that the outside world sees her as different or odd? Nair says her daughters hadn’t noticed her disability until her youngest, at...
Cultural Stigma and Myth: Disabled Women in Kenya are Vulnerable to Sexual Violence
by Rosemary Okello - Kenya - In the face of escalating of sexual violence in Kenya, women with disabilities are more vulnerable than ever. A recent study by the Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya (FIDA-K) - a women’s rights...
Adam: Not Your Average Love Story
by Jessica Mosby - USA - Most American romantic comedies and dramadies go something like this: two attractive people "meet cute"; after some witty banter, and maybe a date, they find themselves in bed together; immediately following this sexual encounter...
From Marginalized to Mainstream: A Call for Inclusive Education in India
by Sumukha S. Ravishankar - USA/India - In Indian society, where everyone aspires to be perfect in all matters, learning disabilities are not discussed, even within families. Where it is socially acceptable and even encouraged to blatantly compare and contrast...
Seeking Inclusion and Opportunity, the Disabled Confront Pakistan’s Myriad Challenges
by Zubeida Mustafa - Pakistan - In Pakistan, people with disabilities are generally missing from public places such as shopping malls, restaurants and even universities. But it’s not that the country doesn’t have its share of the disabled; on the...
Living “One Day at a Time” in the Economic Crisis:
The New Face of America’s Middle Class
by Rose-Anne Clermont - Germany - The irony of Pierrette’s troubles could be seen, from one viewpoint, as tragic: She’s a pediatrician but got lost within the maze of the medical system once her son became ill; she once treated...
Over the Hills and Far Away: A Family Treks Across Mongolia to Help their Autistic Son
by Jessica Mosby - USA - The premise of the new documentary film Over the Hills and Far Away is straight from the handbook of the American bourgeoisie: Journalist father and professor mother take their young autistic son on a...
India's Garment Industry Steps Up Efforts to Hire People with Disabilities
by Mridu Khullar - India / USA - For five years, Jitender Kumar was unable to find employment. He gave interviews every week, was rejected constantly, and sank into depression as sources of income dwindled and he became increasingly dependent...
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