Bhawani Dangal

“This was life changing. I knew so few deaf people and thought I was one of the few deaf people in the world, alone in a world of hearing people. Being deaf had cut me off from other people, and it cut me off from the deeper meaning of my culture, music, and events happening around me.”

Bhawani saw the word “lato” often when he was living in Goldhap refugee camp. It was a taunt the other children used as they excluded him from soccer games and made fun of him in school. Among adults, “lato” was used to justify discrimination, to deny access, to isolate and exclude.