Omar: DO YOU ACCEPT MY HANDICAP?

Omar Koussih will soon be 19. He weighs 16 kilos and will never weigh more.
Omar thinks and - thanks to a special mouse which allows him to operate a
keyboard on the computer screen- writes. Beautifully. Poems, Letters, emails
through which he tries to draw attention to his situation and to the fate
of the 500 million disabled people on the planet. From the time of his birth
in Morocco, he has been suffering from spinal amyotrophy.
Six months ago, Omar contacted us on the madmundo website and asked us to
investigate how disabled people could be better integrated into mainstream
society and most importantly, how they could be included in the educational
system.
“ It’s as if they took a particular pleasure in showing stars and
personalities on TV next to disabled people in order to increase viewership
and raise money, writes Omar.
The image of the disabled is reduced to one of begging. Politicians need
to be asked what they are doing. The needs of the disabled should be
included in economic ad social planning, in human rights.”
For the next six months, madmundo will investigate and confront decisions
makers with Omar Koussih’s simple wishes. When starting, this should take
us to Tunisia, Japan, France and Canada and to meet with people from
Handicap International and eNABLE