A first-time visitor to Ukraine could be forgiven for concluding that there are very few people with physical disabilities in the country. Indeed, it remains relatively rare to encounter physically disabled Ukrainians on the streets of Kyiv or other major cities.
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Passengers help Dmytro Schebetyuk get off a trolleybus in Kyiv on May 2. Schebetyuk, a co-founder of the Dostupno.UA human rights initiative, which supports people with disabilities, usually gets off the public transport backwards to keep his balance. He says most roads, curbs and crosswalks in Ukraine were designed with no regard for ease of access for people with disabilities.
