Apparently at the Paralympic Games, people in wheelchairs can only be accompanied by one other person.
So that means that a disabled parent couldn’t sit with their kids and their spouse.
Ridiculous. I mean, it’s the PARALYMPICS. Logic fail. Words fail me.
However, in my experience, Russians were delightful to me in terms of my disability. In 2010, I did an interview with Josh Wilson of the School of Russian Area Studies (SRAS) about my experiences traveling in Russia, with a focus on how I adapted to what has been seen traditionally in tour guide books as a country that is not handicap-accessible.
Sitting near the metro entrance outside of Red Square (June 2003)
