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Empowering the Disabled in Bhutan
Season 2 • Episode 17
Broadcast date
17-05-2013
In Bhutan, there is a traditional belief, which stems from Tibetan Buddhism, that people with disabilities are suffering karmic retribution from past lives. Although attitudes are slowly changing there is still a lot of stigma attached, with many parents going as far as hiding their disabled children away at home.
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