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Diversity in Peace Corps

Returned Peace Corps volunteer (Kiribati) Pamela Houston proposes a wider view of diversity that includes those with disabilities on the Mobility International USA website.

Houston, who has Cerebral Palsy, describes her challenges in gaining acceptance among her fellow Peace Corps volunteers and later in the community in which she worked to improve the self-image of I-Kiribati people with disabilities to help them feel empowered “My being in Kiribati was a complete surprise to I-Kiribati people,” said Houston. “My participating and functioning in their world challenged some very deeply rooted ideas. Even if I hadn’t ended up working with a group of adults with disabilities, even if I hadn’t had the opportunity to speak about disability to government leaders, religious leaders and public health nurses, I allowed people to see a different approach to disability.”

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