Human rights
Disability
The world is better designed for some than for others. Accessibility, inclusion and societal stigma are but a few of the challenges facing those of us with disabilities. In this section, you can find our reporting of disability rights movements, stories of disadvantage and discrimination and the impacts of conflict on disabled minorities.
Making waves – meet Divyanshu Ganatra
Blind outdoors enthusiast, Divyanshu Ganatra, on the importance of inclusion through adventure sports in India. Profile by Priti Salian.
Why can’t disabled people dance…?
Sho Shibata reveals the systemic disadvantages in the dance industry that make it difficult for disabled people to become professional dancers.
Disabled people lead the fight against austerity
The resistance put up against the UK government's cuts by Disabled People Against the Cuts can teach us many lessons, writes Jamie Kelsey-Fry.
Disability stigma driving cosmetic surgery ‘treatment’
Barney Cullum looks at how tolerance trails behind technological advances for an amputee artist in Zimbabwe.
Mostafa's story
One man's inspiring but disturbing journey to become a rickshaw rider in Bangladesh. Photos by Ana Norman Bermudez.
‘I aim to help integrate the Deaf and the hearing together in unity’
Iris Gonzales meets an inspiring woman who refuses to be defined by her disability.
Sign language is our rightful mother tongue
Jill Jones explains why signing is particularly vulnerable to dying out – and why this basic human right must be protected.
We need to look past, not at, disability
People living with disability face fear, prejudice and awkwardness in their interactions with others, says Koren Helbig.
‘You need a thick skin to cope with disability’
Other people’s comments can be devastating – but a Twitter campaign is exposing the ‘able’ world’s prejudices and ignorance. Koren Helbig explains.
Rolling towards progress
Jody Mcintyre takes the notion of disability to task with a personal exploration of difference and defiance.
Why does abuse persist in Romania?
Luke Dale-Harris reports on the ongoing battle to improve the rights of disabled people locked away in secretive Romanian institutions.
The forgotten 15 per cent – why has disability dropped off the world’s agenda?
Libby Powell looks for some answers.
