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Haiti’s Phantom Statistics - Mwen pa fou
Jonathan Boulet-Groulx
Posted 2010-03-11 09:34:25

The question of handicaps was never an issue for Haitians but the 12th was a serious wake-up call for people about the issue of disabilities in this country.

 

Extract from Mwen pa fou - The Blogu

Suddenly, from one day to the next, a business executive, a nurse, a university professor – in short, almost everyone has found him or herself affected by disability. Before, disabled people simply lived on the margins, apart from everyone else, for a variety of reasons.

Since the catastrophe, Haitians have come to realize that everyone needs to have a place, to be included here. My aunt said to me a few days ago, “You know J, for the first time I have realized that, before the earthquake, no businesses had access ramps for wheelchairs.”

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