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Miliann Kang (FRS ’09-’10) Reflects on Progress Toward Full Accessibility for People with Disabilities in Korea

Miliann Kang (FRS ’09-’10), Associate Professor of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies recently published an opinion piece in The Korea Tomes, “Paralympic reflections, 1988-2018.” Kang is currently a Fulbright senior scholar at Ewha Womans University researching family issues in South Korea, including families raising children with disabilities. Kang attended the Summer Paralympics in Seoul in 1988 and compares her experience with the Paralympics held in March 2018, “Much has changed in three decades, but much more has yet to change… In addition to greater sensitivity, various policy changes are needed. The South Korean government should change its system of classifying people solely based on a medical examination without considering environmental factors. Disability activists have been protesting this system for years as restrictive and demeaning.” Read the article here.