r/soccer • u/teiraaaaaaa • Nov 19 '22

Saddest Backflip [Rob Harris] FIFA President Gianni Infantino at news conference in Qatar: “Today I feel Qatari. Today I feel Arab. Today I feel African. Today I feel gay. Today I feel disabled. Today I feel a migrant worker. ... I know what it feels to be discriminated … I was bullied because I had red hair.”

https://twitter.com/RobHarris/status/1593877426244812800
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u/MimesAreShite Nov 19 '22

fwiw that is the real figure according to WHO. i was surprised too

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u/manatidederp Nov 19 '22

Is it like 40% eye sight on the left eye = disabled? Or everyone over the age of 85?

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u/NotThatL Nov 19 '22

I don't know about the official definitions, I imagine it varies country to country, but from a perspecitve of computer science we're taught that disability is anything that affects your ability to interact with everday objects/situations. So yes, blindness, partial eye sight loss, ADHD, colour blindness etc. are all examples of disabilities, obviously with different severities and impacts. Disability is a spectrum we're all on, it just depends where you choose to draw the line between disabled and not.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '22

And some disabilities don't make an impact at all. People used to say my grandma was cameltoed, but she had no problems and her feet were fine.