Often Overlooked!

Thank you David  for raising awareness about a group of people who usually go unnoticed but whose needs are the most representative of us all. The project discussed by David shows the importance of being able to pause for a second and listen to the voices of disabled asylum seekers.   

Who are they? They are the people like you and me. However, besides being migrants, asylum seekers or refuges, they have another challenge - their disabilities!

What is the situation today? Is it different from the conclusion of a well-documented research by Robert and Harris (2002)? They wrote, "Disabled people in refugee and asylum-seeking communities frequently experienced great hardship. Considerable confusion about the responsibilities of different agencies and NASS,  a lack of co-ordinated information and service provision, and gaps in professional knowledge on disability-related entitlements increased the difficulties experienced by disabled people in refugee and asylum-seeking communities."

More recently, a research project using art for social change conducted another interesting study in different parts of the United Kingdom. The researchers worked with disabled people in those areas. They gathered ideas and views. An artist put them onto an artwork with a powerful message. 

The name of the final project is Disability Murals. If you wish, you can visit those murals at http://www.disabilitymurals.org.uk/.

Please take time to ponder over the message and see what you can do to help end the oversight faced by disabled people in general and, in particular, migrants, asylum seekers and refuges.