They
may be dramatically visible: a missing limb, a facial scar. They
may also lurk beneath the skin’s surface: mental trauma that
persists long after the events that provoked it. For disabled veterans,
their wounds of war are daily facts of life. They are obstacles
or impediments, but for the men and woman in these stories, they
are not roadblocks. All say they don’t want special consideration
for their disabilities, only fair and humane treatment—from
the government they served and from the communities in which they
live.