The gig economy-owing to its ability to connect workers with the purchasers of their services, providing them an opportunity to work online in a technology driven world-is growing by leaps and bounds. It seems particularly beneficial for persons with disabilities, who may have a restriction of mobility, thereby aligning well with the commitment of the SDGs, ‘to leave no one behind’. However, not much has been said about or researched upon the experiences of the disabled gig workers, especially in the low and middle-income countries. This unknowing also seems to be a big barrier in making positive policy interventions and in making sure that this speedily emerging economy benefits all that are involved in it. The countries of the Global South become particularly important for two reasons. First, and a more economics-centred reason, is that these are mostly ‘emerging markets’ and so harbour a very high potential of gig work. Secondly, and more importantly, nearly 80% of youth with disabilities live in low and middle-income countries. This paper seeks to highlight the impact of the gig economy on persons with disabilities, who face disadvantages not only in terms of their physical condition, but also related to poverty and intersecting inequalities. The paper also makes an attempt to point out possible steps that can be taken in the future in order to make critical policy interventions, so as to better the lives of the disabled gig workers. This it does by making comparisons between two Global South countries- India and Malaysia.