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Disabled Tibetan photographer aims high

STORY: Disabled Tibetan photographer aims high SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 9, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Lhasa 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): LHAPA DONDRUP, Tibetan photographer 3. various of Lhapa Dondrup working 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Tibetan): LHAPA DONDRUP, Tibetan photographer 5. various of Lhapa Dondrup photographing 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Tibetan): LHAPA DONDRUP, Tibetan photographer 7. various of Jole 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Tibetan): JOLE, Founder of Tuogang company 9. various of Lhapa Dondrup's photo works 10. SOUNDBITE 5 (Tibetan): LHAPA DONDRUP, Tibetan photographer 11. various of Lhapa Dondrup STORYLINE: Lhasa, Xizang, China For 22-year-old Lhapa Dondrup, roaming around the city and taking photos have become a daily routine. SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): LHAPA DONDRUP, Tibetan photographer "I am Lhapa Dondrup, from Maizhokunggar County, Lhasa." Standing less than 1 meter tall, the wheelchair-bound Tibetan has brittle bone disease, which leads to fre

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Palestinian female wheelchair athletes resume competing after four years

STORY: Palestinian female wheelchair athletes resume competing after four years DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:06 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of wheelchair athletes participating in a local competition held in Gaza 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): FATIMA AL-HALOLI, Gaza-based wheelchair-bound basketball player 3. various of wheelchair athletes participating in a local competition held in Gaza 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SUHA ABU ODA, Gaza-based wheelchair-bound basketball player 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): MOUSA QADOUM, Technical director of Palestinian Paralympic Committee 6. various of wheelchair athletes participating in a local competition held in Gaza STORYLINE: Palestinian female wheelchair athletes have resumed participating in competitions in the coastal enclave after a four-year suspension due to political instability in the territory. Organized under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the matches began at Saad Saiel Stadium on Wednes

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-WHEELCHAIR-BOUND PAINTER (CN)

(230522) -- GUIYANG, May 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 19, 2023 shows a painting by Ling Runzhi. Despite the loss of sensation in her lower body, resulting from congenital spina bifida, Ling Runzhi refuses to let her physical limitations hinder her creativity. Ling's remarkable artworks not only fulfilled her own dreams but also offered a window to a broader world for others like her. Through her art, she unlocks the possibility of experiencing the beauty and wonders of the world beyond their confined realities. TO GO WITH "Profile: Wheelchair-bound painter empowers paralyzed peers through art" (Xinhua/Zhou Xuanni)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-WHEELCHAIR-BOUND PAINTER (CN)

(230522) -- GUIYANG, May 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ling Runzhi paints at her residence in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on May 19, 2023. Despite the loss of sensation in her lower body, resulting from congenital spina bifida, Ling Runzhi refuses to let her physical limitations hinder her creativity. Ling's remarkable artworks not only fulfilled her own dreams but also offered a window to a broader world for others like her. Through her art, she unlocks the possibility of experiencing the beauty and wonders of the world beyond their confined realities. TO GO WITH "Profile: Wheelchair-bound painter empowers paralyzed peers through art" (Xinhua/Zhou Xuanni)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-WHEELCHAIR-BOUND PAINTER (CN)

(230522) -- GUIYANG, May 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ling Runzhi displays her honorable credentials at her residence in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on May 19, 2023. Despite the loss of sensation in her lower body, resulting from congenital spina bifida, Ling Runzhi refuses to let her physical limitations hinder her creativity. Ling's remarkable artworks not only fulfilled her own dreams but also offered a window to a broader world for others like her. Through her art, she unlocks the possibility of experiencing the beauty and wonders of the world beyond their confined realities. TO GO WITH "Profile: Wheelchair-bound painter empowers paralyzed peers through art" (Xinhua/Zhou Xuanni)

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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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Quake evacuees relocate to another shelter

KAZO, Japan - A wheelchair-bound evacuee from the town of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that was stricken by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, arrives at a new evacuation center in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on March 30. The evacuees from Futaba relocated from Saitama Super Arena in the same prefecture to a disused high school in Kazo.

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Injured Kagawa returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa, wheelchair-bound due to a foot injury he suffered during Japan's Asian Cup semifinal shootout victory over South Korea in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011, arrives at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on returning to Japan from Germany on Jan. 29, 2011, for surgery and rehabilitation.

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Returned soldiers' odyssey: gnawed by nightmares of Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Wheelchair-bound Ron Kovic, the Vietnam War veteran who wrote the autobiography ''Born on the Fourth of July'' which director Oliver Stone later made into the 1989 film of the same name, shows a photo of him taking part in an anti-Vietnam War gathering at his suburban Los Angeles home.

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Naoki Yasu 1st Japanese in European pro wheelchair basketball

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Yasu will become the first Japanese person to play professional wheelchair basketball in Europe. Yasu, who turned 30 on Oct. 6, signed a contract with second-division Italian team Treviso in September and plans to join the team in time for the start of the basketball season in November. Born in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Yasu became wheelchair-bound when he was a second-year junior high school student and began basketball training in senior high school.

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Woman in wheelchair sues Osaka over refusal to let her on buses

OSAKA, Japan - Fatihi Manami Amina, a wheelchair-bound woman, meets the press in Osaka on Feb. 2 after suing the Osaka city government for 2 million yen in compensation. She said she had been prevented from getting on city-operated buses and hurt by verbal abuse from bus drivers. The woman is a Japanese national who has converted to Islam and uses an Islamic name.

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Wheelchair-bound Japanese woman to cross Australia desert

OITA, Japan - A 28-year-old disabled Japanese woman will attempt to cross Australia's Simpson Desert in a specially designed solar car in September to publicize environmental protection and social inclusion of disabled people. Erina Kawakami (2nd from right) from Hiji, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, plans to travel about 350 kilometers across the central Australian desert in six days.

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Wheelchair-bound man killed by train inside crossing gates

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a railway crossing in Habikino, Osaka, where a man in an electric wheelchair, who appeared to be in his 60s, was struck and killed on April 5 by a train of Kinki Nippon Railway Co., while attempting to cross the tracks after the gates began to descend. Police said the man went through the gate and began to cross the tracks even though the warning bell was sounding.

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Wheelchair-bound woman 1st to attend university with dog

KYOTO, Japan - Chikako Tatebayashi (C) attends the entrance ceremony at private Doshisha University's campus in Kyotanabe, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on April 2 with her Labrador retriever. Tatebayashi, 21, became the first wheelchair-bound person with an assistant dog to study at a Japanese university. She lost the use of the lower half of her body in a 1998 traffic accident.

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Delivery rider helps wheelchair-bound senior cross road in SW China

STORY: Delivery rider helps wheelchair-bound senior cross road in SW China DATELINE: June 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:31 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: video captured by the automobile data recorder STORYLINE: A food delivery rider has helped a wheelchair-bound senior cross a busy road in Wenshan City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The rider escorted the senior to the other side of the road safely. The heartwarming moment was captured by an automobile data recorder and went viral online. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)

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Naoki Yasu 1st Japanese in European pro wheelchair basketball

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Yasu will become the first Japanese person to play professional wheelchair basketball in Europe. Yasu, who turned 30 on Oct. 6, signed a contract with second-division Italian team Treviso in September and plans to join the team in time for the start of the basketball season in November. Born in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Yasu became wheelchair-bound when he was a second-year junior high school student and began basketball training in senior high school.

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Jackass 3d (2010)

Dog Attacks Wheelchair-Bound Pensioner Film: Jackass 3d (USA 2010) Director: Jeff Tremaine 11 October 2010 Date: 11 October 2010

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Wheelchair-bound woman joins experimental tour aided by coordinators

Saya Kuramoto, shown in a wheelchair, is among participants in an experimental tour aided by coordinators held as part of the so-called "universal tourism" initiative on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 17, 2015. Universal tourism is an attempt to make tours enjoyable to anyone including people with physical difficulties as well as the elderly. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Experimental tour of 'universal tourism' held on Awaji Island, west Japan

Hiroji Tsumura (L), who is blind, and wheelchair-bound Saya Kuramoto participate in an experimental tour aided by coordinators held as part of the so-called "universal tourism" initiative on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 18, 2015. Universal tourism is an attempt to make tours enjoyable to anyone including people with physical difficulties as well as the elderly. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagasaki A-bomb survivor walks wheelchair-bound husband

Katsuko Kanamori (L), a survivor of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, in 1945, walks on a street with her husband Kazuhiko in Gifu, central Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on Oct. 28, 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese gold medal Paralympian brings inclusion message to U.N.

Miki Matheson, a three-time Paralympic gold medalist for Japan, attends an event at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 3, 2015 marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The 42-year-old Tokyo native, who lives in Ottawa, Canada, was left wheelchair bound due to a car accident about 20 years ago before becoming an ice sledge speed racer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drawing by wheelchair-bound user of custom-made shoes

A drawing by a wheelchair-bound user of a custom-made pair of shoes made by Tokutake Sangyo Co. is seen displayed at the company's headquarters in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, on May 27, 2015. The customer gave the drawing to the company, known for developing and selling shoes specifically made for elderly and disabled people, as a token of appreciation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wheelchair-bound Thai traveler enjoys smooth tour at Kyoto shrine

A Japanese tour guide (R) poses with a wheelchair-bound tourist from Thailand at the Kiyomizu-dera temple in Kyoto, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on Dec. 30, 2014. The Buddhist temple is one of many tourist stops undertaking renovations to become friendly to people with physical disabilities ahead of the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Documentary film on wheelchair-bound "rakugoka" hits screens

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016, at Asakusa Engei Hall theater in central Tokyo, shows Hayashiya Kanpei, a speech-impaired, wheelchair-bound "rakugoka" storyteller. His struggle to return to the stage after suffering a stroke is the focus of the new documentary film "Namidano Kazudake Warao-yo (Let's Laugh As Many Times As We Cry)." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family hold 1st reunion in 28 years

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Kim Young Nam, a South Korean abductee who is believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, kneels in greeting his wheelchair-bound mother Choi Gye Wol as is elder sister Kim Young Ja looks in tears during their first reunion in 28 years at the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on June 28. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family hold 1st reunion in 28 years

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Kim Young Nam (L), a South Korean abductee who is believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, embraces his wheelchair-bound mother Choi Gye Wol (L) during their first reunion in 28 years at the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on June 28. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family hold 1st reunion in 28 years

MT. KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - Kim Young Nam (L), a South Korean abductee who is believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, and his wheelchair-bound mother Choi Gye Wol (L) embrace each other as his elder sister Kim Young Ja stands by in tears during their first reunion in 28 years at the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on June 28. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Abductee Kim Young Nam, family hold 1st reunion in 28 years

MT KUMGANG RESORT, North Korea - The family members of Kim Young Nam, a South Korean abductee who is believed to be the husband of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota, hold a reunion with him for the first time in 28 years at the Mt. Kumgang resort in North Korea on June 28. (From left to right) Kim Hye Gyong, daughter of Kim Young Nam and Megumi Yokota, his son born between him and his wife from a second marriage, his second wife and his wheelchair-bound mother Choi Gye Wol. Kim himself and his elder sister Kim Young Ja are seen embracing each other in the back. (South Korean pool photo-Kyodo)

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Quake evacuees relocate to another shelter

KAZO, Japan - A wheelchair-bound evacuee from the town of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that was stricken by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, arrives at a new evacuation center in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on March 30. The evacuees from Futaba relocated from Saitama Super Arena in the same prefecture to a disused high school in Kazo. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Injured Kagawa returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa, wheelchair-bound due to a foot injury he suffered during Japan's Asian Cup semifinal shootout victory over South Korea in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011, arrives at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on returning to Japan from Germany on Jan. 29, 2011, for surgery and rehabilitation. (Kyodo)

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Disabled People Participate in Marathon

Wheelchair-bound runners take part in the over 100 Km Marathon around Leigong Mountain race at Danzhai Station in Qiandongnan, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 6, 2020.

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Disabled People Participate in Marathon

A wheelchair-bound runner takes part in the over 100 Km Marathon around Leigong Mountain race at Danzhai Station in Qiandongnan, Guizhou Province, China, Dec. 6, 2020.

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Emperor and empress visit facility for disabled children

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko watch a wheelchair-bound child dancing at Nemunoki Gakuen, a facility for disabled children in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. Sitting next to the imperial couple is Mariko Miyagi, who founded the school 50 years ago. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1,300th "comfort women" rally held outside Japanese Embassy in Seoul

Two wheelchair-bound former South Korean "comfort women," forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military, march to the presidential palace in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2017, after attending the 1,300th weekly rally in front of the Japanese Embassy. The two women and their supporters demand the abolition of the 2015 bilateral deal to solve the issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-comfort women demand abolition of bilateral deal

Two wheelchair-bound former South Korean "comfort women," forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military, and their supporters submit around 2.06 million signatures to the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2017, demanding the abolition of the 2015 bilateral deal to solve the issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes from Rio Paralympics

Photo taken Sept. 9, 2016, shows wheelchair-bound athletes lined up and ready for the men's 100-meter final at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rio Paralympics come to a close

A wheelchair-bound performer does a handstand during the closing ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Sept. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Narita fails to make 100M breaststroke SB4

Japan's Mayumi Narita (R) watches a race after finishing her women's 100-meter breaststroke SB4 class heat at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Sept. 11, 2016. Finishing fifth in her heat, the wheelchair-bound Narita, who has won a total of 15 gold medals at the Paralympics, failed to advance to the final. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Narita fails to make 100M breaststroke SB4 final

Japan's Mayumi Narita swims in a heat of the women's 100-meter breaststroke SB4 class at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Sept. 11, 2016. Finishing fifth in her heat, the wheelchair-bound Narita, who has won a total of 15 gold medals at the Paralympics, failed to advance to the final. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman in wheelchair sues Osaka over refusal to let her on buses

OSAKA, Japan - Fatihi Manami Amina, a wheelchair-bound woman, meets the press in Osaka on Feb. 2 after suing the Osaka city government for 2 million yen in compensation. She said she had been prevented from getting on city-operated buses and hurt by verbal abuse from bus drivers. The woman is a Japanese national who has converted to Islam and uses an Islamic name. (Kyodo)

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Wheelchair-bound Japanese woman to cross Australia desert

OITA, Japan - A 28-year-old disabled Japanese woman will attempt to cross Australia's Simpson Desert in a specially designed solar car in September to publicize environmental protection and social inclusion of disabled people. Erina Kawakami (2nd from right) from Hiji, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, plans to travel about 350 kilometers across the central Australian desert in six days.

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Wheelchair-bound man killed by train inside crossing gates

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a railway crossing in Habikino, Osaka, where a man in an electric wheelchair, who appeared to be in his 60s, was struck and killed on April 5 by a train of Kinki Nippon Railway Co., while attempting to cross the tracks after the gates began to descend. Police said the man went through the gate and began to cross the tracks even though the warning bell was sounding.

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Wheelchair-bound woman 1st to attend university with dog

KYOTO, Japan - Chikako Tatebayashi (C) attends the entrance ceremony at private Doshisha University's campus in Kyotanabe, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on April 2 with her Labrador retriever. Tatebayashi, 21, became the first wheelchair-bound person with an assistant dog to study at a Japanese university. She lost the use of the lower half of her body in a 1998 traffic accident.