Perceived images of disability: the reflections of two undergraduate medical students in a university in South Africa on life in a wheelchair.

Purpose: The purpose of this manuscript is to document the experiences of two undergraduate medical students at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, who registered for a 4-week special study module titled "Images of Disability", as part of the medical training programme. The objective of the module was to foster the development of positive attitudes toward persons with physical disability through role-playing.

Method: The special study module required that the students assumed they had mobility impairments and were physically confined to wheelchairs.