When Islam Abu Odeh, a lifelong resident of the Aida Camp whose family fled there from her village in 1948 found that her son has cerebral palsy and epilepsy she was devastated but also committed to overcome the culture of silence around disabilities in the Middle East. Sadly residents of Occupied Palestine have limited professional services for people with disabilities.
Read MoreOur bus dropped us and our luggage off at the foot of the hill they are forbidden to pave up to their Center. YAS guys dashed around to help haul our bags the half-mile over rutted paths made muddy from the previous day’s rains. Their bare-bones concrete center is overtopped and surrounded by an Israeli-flagged settlement compound patrolled by Israeli soldiers.
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