Level Playing Field Needed for People With Disabilities: Jerry White
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(The Print) Speaking at a session organised by the Merchant Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) here on Wednesday, Nobel laureate Jerry White, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 said that he had lost a leg in a landmine when he was in Israel in 1984 while studying Judaism.
White, a Roman Catholic, said “there is a need to change policies and systems to create a level playing field for people with disabilities”.