Blind Abilities Podcast

Welcome back to Episode 19 in our ongoing series. Thus far we have spanned the globe  with  blind citizens Around the world, from Australia and Malaysia, to the United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, and much more Our guest today is Manique Gunaratne, who  comes to us from Sri Lanka.  Manique’s story speaks of the situation that she and other disabled citizens    of Sri Lanka experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic this year. This in itself is not unusual. All of our guests have described their experiences in this way. What makes this report different is the contrast of the successful handling of the Corona virus by the nation of Sri Lanka, at least in the traditional statistical measures we are accustomed to seeing, as it is juxtaposed with her story of difficult conditions and sacrifices made by disabled persons in her country. Sri Lanka is  and island nation of about 21 million, in southern Asia, bordered by India and the Maldives.  After enduring a brutal  civil war and a devastating tsunami which killed m