At the age of six or seven years old, Emmanuel became a soldier for the Sudan People's Liberation Army.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

Having a disability, people still look at you weird, but it's like, 'Alright.He's got a disability, but it's kind of okay now.'" Life for people with disabilities has improved greatly since Bobbi Wailes was stricken with polio as a 12-year-old, before the vaccine became available in the 1950s.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27