Mothers usually bear the brunt of having a child or children with disabilities, a lawyer, disability rights advocate and convener of the LetsCPKidsLearn, Tobiloba Ajayi said.
, a research foundation based in the US, CP occurs when there is damage to the developing brain during pregnancy, birth or shortly after birth.
During an interview with her, Aradolapo who was asleep on his mother’s laps suddenly began to vibrate non-stop for about three minutes. Mama Ara explained that he was having a seizure, adding that it sometimes caused bodily harm especially when he was alone. He quickly recovered from that episode. “I have been to so many schools, one in Ikorodu, he was rejected because they said that he cannot walk. They said that in case of an emergency, he won’t be able to help himself. And before they will remember that they have a student that could not walk, it might be too late.
The advocate, who said she prepares her mind daily for discrimination, noted that in some cases when a child with a disability is enrolled in such schools, other parents might begin to withdraw their kids from the school.Worldwide, children with disabilities are among the children that are most likely to be out of school, the, an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, said.
The solution, she said, is not abandonment or keeping them in care homes, but having an inclusive system that requires “attitudinal changes” across all levels of society. “Then you have to counsel others , because definitely there will be stigmatisation…you have to counsel them that they are the same. And it takes a lot to do that and some people are not ready to do that. It has to come from up. It cannot be achieved overnight. It shouldn’t be lip service. Government must br willing, there must be a willingness on the government’s part to really do it.
When Mrs Oyetunde told her boss about her child’s state of health, she was allowed to take some time off her work to figure things out.
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