Hello fellow steemians, hope you're doing good today! This post is to run a campaign to stop discrimination against people with disabilities as recently encountered by one of my friend.
THE STORY OF MY FRIEND, Ryta Kribason. A sad Ordeal!
Some days ago, I wrote about the story of Farida Bedwei from Ghana who has Cerebral Palsy characterized by great difficulty in movement and impaired speech, yet she's a global icon to reckon with. Today, I want to talk about another friend I just met 3 weeks ago in Ghana, Ryta Kribason from Ghana.
Ryta is a young lady with physical disability. She can't move from one place to another without a walking aid so she uses crutches to support herself. She's an emerging young leader from Africa, very sound woman, beautiful, intelligent, friendly and a social worker who's supporting and helping other people with disabilities live normal life hence she was selected to participate in the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), Cohort 10, Accra, Ghana funded by the U.S government and other partners. She didn't fold her hands doing nothing because of her condition. No! She chose to make something significant and worthwhile out of life.
However, after the recently concluded training program on Friday, she was to take a flight with Africa World Airlines (AWA) from Accra to Kumasi to attend an important meeting at 10:00am but she was denied flying by the airline. Why? Because she's using crutches, and crutches are not allowed in the plane. As a result of this, Ryta missed her meeting yesterday because she wasn't allow to fly, meanwhile her ticket has been reserved a long time ago. WHY SHOULD THIS BE? Why do we still have a world that discriminates people with disabilities?
People with physical disabilities are normal human beings. They have equal human rights and are like everyone of us. LET'S STOP DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THEM. Show maximum support to them and give them an enabling environment to fulfill their highest potentials and dreams.
Show support to Ryta today and every other person with disability by leaving a comment here for her and resteeming this post. She's still in Accra now because of the ordeal yesterday.
SAY NO TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES!