BOSTON (WHDH) - A Boston woman who was paralyzed by a stray bullet when she was just three years old is making plans to study abroad as part of her mission to make international travel more accessible for people with disabilities.
Kai Leigh Harriott, of Roxbury, will travel to Brazil this summer on a quest for solutions to problems facing thousands.
“I’m a risk-taker, so I’m always willing to try to figure things out so that other people can enjoy their experience,” said Harriot, the victim of a 2003 shooting that left her paralyzed from the waist down.
She is halfway through her freshman year at the University of Arizona.
While in Brazil, Harriott is hoping to experience first-hand the challenges travelers in wheelchairs face every day and then submit a report.
“People with disabilities alo want to travel, but it’s a lot harder,” she said. “Brazil is not the most accessible country.”
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help offset the costs of her trip.
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