Disabled Laotians find refuge on basketball court
June 17, 2011
by World Vision Report
(Getty Images/Chien-min Chung)
Sports can be a safehaven for the disabled in Laos. Above, Eay Siimay won a bronze medal in powerlifting at the 2008 Paralympics
In Laos, people disabled by polio or injured by unexploded weapons leftover from various conflicts often face stigma and stares. But, as the World Vision Report’s Erwin Loy discovered, the basketball court can be a safe-haven for some of these disabled Laotians.
This story first aired on the World Vision Report. We got it from the Public Radio Exchange.
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