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Being Different | |
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The BBC's Disability Affairs Correspondent travels across continents to meet a number of disabled people. He finds out what motivates and frustrates other disabled people in their daily lives and compares their experiences with his own. | |
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Ghana is a poor country, and when 80% of the population has no water or electricity, things like ramps on buildings for wheelchair access are not a priority. As a result, disabled people there need much determination to succeed. The BBC's Geoff Adams-Spink visits Peggy Donkor, a TV journalist in Ghana who is disabled. She has recently received an award for Journalist of the Year for her exceptional reportage. |
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The BBC's Geoff Adams-Spink visits Denmark, where provisions for disabled people are among the most progressive and generous anywhere in the world. But how does it work in practice? Geoff talks to Mads Bendt, who was paralysed in a hang-gliding accident when he was 19, to find out. |
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| Click here to listen to Geoff Adams-Spink's report on a visually impaired couple in Jordan, who find that although they have the support of their families, they often face ingrained prejudices against the disabled in the Middle East. |
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| THE CHANGING WORLD is the sister documentary series of PRI's The World. Each week, we offer American radio listeners two in-depth documentaries from the BBC World Service that probe issues critical to our understanding of our evolving world. |
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