How do people with physical disabilities in South Korea compare to those in Europe?
JUNG Sungju [Director, Gwangju Nanum Center for Independent Living of Persons with Disabilities]
From August 17 to August 31, 2024, I visited three European countries: Norway, Germany, and France. I traveled there as a member of the Paris Paralympic Special Envoy of the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination. First of all, I was happy to go to Europe, but it was very difficult to travel from Gwangju to Incheon using a wheelchair. (I usually use crutches, but I use a wheelchair when I go abroad.)
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In order to live and enjoy the civil rights of people with disabilities in a living space called a city, a civic space, and to move and access somewhere, it is important to create a physical environment, but it is also very important to change the perception of fellow citizens who live together, and this should be the basis.
How do people with physical disabilities in South Korea compare to those in Europe?
JUNG Sungju [Director, Gwangju Nanum Center for Independent Living of Persons with Disabilities]
From August 17 to August 31, 2024, I visited three European countries: Norway, Germany, and France. I traveled there as a member of the Paris Paralympic Special Envoy of the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination. First of all, I was happy to go to Europe, but it was very difficult to travel from Gwangju to Incheon using a wheelchair. (I usually use crutches, but I use a wheelchair when I go abroad.)
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In order to live and enjoy the civil rights of people with disabilities in a living space called a city, a civic space, and to move and access somewhere, it is important to create a physical environment, but it is also very important to change the perception of fellow citizens who live together, and this should be the basis.