Browse Items (3 total)
- Tags: Disability
Sort by:
Nguyen, Dat
Dat Nguyen discusses the obstacles he faced while pursuing his dream of becoming a professional musician and songwriter despite being blind from birth, orphaned at the age of five and living in impoverished conditions in Vietnam. In 1989, he…
Nguyen,Van Toan (Andrew)
Nguyen Van Toan recalls his childhood in North Vietnam and his family moving to South Vietnam after the 1954 partition of the country. He was conscripted into the army at the age of twenty while he was in college. He lost both of his legs in a land…
Tags: Army Republic of Vietnam or SVA, Boat People, Cambodia, Disability, Discrimination, Geneva Conference 1954, Memphis TN (USA), Officer, Pirates, Prison or Imprisonment, Reeducation or Detention Camp (VN), Refugee Camp, Refugees, Refugees (by sea), Sexual Assault or Rape, Thailand, Vietnam (Northern)
Smith, Demian
At the time of the interview, Demian Smith was an attorney based out of Denver, Colorado who advocates for refugees, immigrant families and individuals with disabilities. He describes his experiences in an interracial marriage and multicultural…
Tags: Advocacy (Refugees), Cambodia, Colorado, Community Service, Corruption, Cultural Conflict or Adjustment, Denver CO (USA), Disability, Elderly, Human Rights, Humanitarian Organization, Immigration or Naturalization, Interracial Relationship, Language, Law or Legal Issues, Refugees, Resettlement, Schooling or Education, Second Generation, Traditions or Custom, Vietnam (Contemporary)