Sometimes I Kiss My Feet

"The railcar in front of us had a sign painted on it--For Disabled--next to the international wheelchair logo... There was no ramp but a wide doorway, and Ross,... with the help of a porter, hauled me up. Inside it was very roomy, with two wide bunks below and two above and a clean accessible bathroom with a mirror and a sink...life was great!" See more

"We were led to a cheerily painted pale-blue mud-and-brick house fronted by two darker-blue steel doors overhung with magenta bougainvillea."

Allah Bachai, Sindh Province, Pakistan.

"She had contracted polio as a child, and her family decided that as being disabled meant she would never marry (the automatic assumption in Pakistan and India), they would treat her as if she were a boy and give her an education. ...now she was a teacher in a rural school, teaching a class of ninety students!" p.25