Disabled photographer pictures Bangkok on wheelchair

Disabled photographer pictures Bangkok on wheelchair

TOKYO, Japan - A 35-yrear-old wheelchair-bound photographer, who lost his arms and a leg in an accident when he was 18, takes pictures of a busy Bangkok street in this file photo taken on July 3, 2014. The photographer was documenting, for a governmental redevelopment firm he works for, the extent to which areas are accessible to people with disabilities.

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