Graduating with a PhD vindicated my belief that disability is not inability

You just graduated with a PhD in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. How do you feel?
I am elated and very proud of myself. This has always been a dream for me and today I feel vindicated in my belief that impairment in one’s ear, eye, leg or hand does not disable everything positive in them.

What challenges have you had to contend with in your journey to become a professor?
There is the stigma and discrimination faced by people with disability, and I am not an exception. But the biggest challenge for me was to overcome self-pity and dejection due to my physical condition.