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Saranchuluun Otgon, one of Mongolia's first two lawmakers with a disability, says the "people in power seemed too far to reach." (Photo by Byamba-Ochir Byambasuren)

ULAANBAATAR -- When Saranchuluun Otgon, one of Mongolia's first two lawmakers with a disability, toured the nation's capital with its mayor to test its accessibility last year, it hammered home for her how much the country's politics have changed.

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