This is from an article in Al Jazeera:

The UN’s World Health Organisation estimates that at least 10 per cent of the world’s population has some form of disability. To the advantage of the disabled, Victor Pineda is one of them.

A degenerative muscular disorder does not faze Pineda, 29; however, how the world looks down upon people with disabilities, does.

He visited Qatar recently for the third International Forum on Children with Special Needs, hosted by the Shafallah Centre for Children with Special Needs in the capital, Doha.

In a world where “disability is shrouded in mystery and shame; in what little exposure there is to find a solution, it’s our job to educate the masses on how to make sure that disabilities are approached the right way”, Victor said on the sidelines of the conference.

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