Disability
Support for Georgia’s blind and visually impaired has all but dried-up
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and Georgia’s economic struggles, infrastructure and support for people with visual impairments has all but evaporated. This — exacerbated by a lack of understanding — has created serious barriers in education, employment, and in life. She could not see the world around her Esma Gumberidze did not learn that she was blind at any one given moment. Growing up, she certainly felt that she was different, as she was left out of the games that other chi
