大象传媒

More than a billion people are disabled - that鈥檚 15 percent of the world鈥檚 population. With a panel of leading disabled academics, campaigners and politicians, World Questions examines the challenges and opportunities facing disabled people across the globe right now.

Presenter: Scout Bassett, US Paralympic athlete

Panel:
Ambassador Catalina Devandas: Costa Rican ambassador to the United Nations (Geneva)
Yetnebersh Nigussie: Ethiopian disability rights campaigner (Kenya)
Baroness (Tanni) Grey-Thompson: Former Paralympic athlete (UK)
Judy Heumann: Campaigner and former advisor to President Obama (USA)

大象传媒 World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council.

(Image: Disability rights protesters at a rally outside a New York courthouse, Credit: Erik McGregor/Getty Images)