Archive for November, 2010
Wheelchairs tipped, tyres clashed and bodies hit the court as the teams went after the basketball at full force. Disability is left by the sideline. Agility and coordination reveal the skill of these players as they demonstrate the inner workings of the game. The international audience witnessed the best of wheelchair basketball at Cooperative Orthotic [ READ MORE ]
Losing part of your body is obstacle enough but imagine this coupled with exclusion from public services or isolation from rehabilitative centres. Firoz Ali Alizada was 14 when he lost his legs to a landmine. Later, when he applied to University in Afghanistan he was refused entry because of his disability. In defiance of this [ READ MORE ]
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