Sadly, as a child here in the USA we were mostly taught on about the trade here, never taught about Brazil or Caribbean. Oddly, my own research found our roots in the Caribbean. Barbados to South Carolina.

Man to me, a wheelchair user: “You are lucky that you live in a place where all the buses have access.” Luck has nothing to do with it. Access, accommodation and disability rights are rarely provided voluntarily. Disabled people had to fight, and still have to fight, for them.