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At the age of three, Try Ratany lost her sight due to complications from a case of measles. Born into a poor peasant family, it seemed that any hopes of a productive life were over before they even began. All of that changed for her at the age of ten, when an NGO enrolled her into a special programme which taught the Cambodian national curriculum to the blind.
More than 1,700 students in Cambodia have since 2001 been fitted with hearing aids by the NGO Les Enfants Sourds du Cambodge (ESC), which was founded by Jean-Paul Beraha, who recently led a team of volunteer doctors from France to help deaf children.
In Cambodia people with disabilities are often invisible to most able-bodied people and when they are seen it’s often through a lens of victimhood that focuses on a presumed lack of independence or the idea that begging will be their only source of income.
A Phnom Penh-based photographer and curator originally hailing from Portugal, Miguel Jeronimo is working with several artists to hold an exhibition showcasing people with disabilities’ whose lives defy those stereotypes.
“The
From Disability to Visibility exhibition is a platform to provide visibility and give a voice to people with disabilities in Cambodia to show that they have talent and can live an independent life,” he says.