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On a quiet afternoon, under the shade of a large tree in the school playground, 11-year-old Vishal sat on a raised cement platform, his usual spot during the P.T. period. From there, he could hear the sound of sneakers on the ground, the laughter of his classmates, and the sharp calls of the P.T. teacher.…

In the southeast of Venezuela lies the Gran Sabana plateau, a vast land of sweeping savanna grasslands (from which it takes its name), dotted with rivers, forests and waterfalls, and overseen by dramatically rising table-top mountains called tepuis.  This land is home to the Pemon, an indigenous community whose livelihoods depend on tourism around the…

 Imagine a group of friends sitting around a table when a glass of water accidentally tips over. Without a pause, everyone’s eyes dart toward the one person who is different – say, a friend with a visual disability. No one asks what happened; they simply assume the blind person must have been at fault because…