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The world from a wheelchair

As I struggled to pass a 3-cm-high step without tipping myself over, the people of Israel around me mostly busied themselves with their phones

THE WRITER learns firsthand how those who are disabled and confined to a wheelchair function in everyday life, accompanied by Ophir Eytan
THE WRITER learns firsthand how those who are disabled and confined to a wheelchair function in everyday life, accompanied by Ophir Eytan
(photo credit: YOSSI ALONI)
ByTALIA LEVIN
FEBRUARY 13, 2020 12:55
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