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Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [1] However identity-first language, as in "autistic person" or "deaf person", is preferred by many people and organizations. [2] Language can influence individuals' perception of disabled people and disability. [3]
Disability is seen as a sign of witchcraft and is considered taboo by some communities. [4] Other times, the disability is considered the "result of a demon in the family." [2] Children with disabilities might also face neglect at home. [5] Children born with a physical disability are viewed as "a non-human spirit," by some families. [6]
In Kenya, 52% of children under 18 are deprived of 3 to 7 basic needs and 42% live in a poor household. Children with disabilities have a 9 percentage point higher probability of being multidimensionally poor. [5] Families in poverty with a child with disabilities are likely to be even worse off because of the expenses that disabilities entail.
People with disabilities in Liberia often face discrimination and marginalization. [1] There is a tradition of believing that a family has been subject to witchcraft when a child with disabilities is born and the family may be shunned and the child subject to cruel treatment. [19] Disabilities that were caused by war are also stigmatized. [3]
A large population of individuals with disabilities are children and young people. According to UNICEF as many as 600,000 children are living with some form of disability in Zimbabwe. [7] About 53% of people living with disability population in Zimbabwe became disabled before the age of 20 years. Around 27% of disability with population from ...
According to a 2014 report by Statistics South Africa, based on the 2011 census, 7.5% of the country's population is regarded as having a disability. [1] [note 1] The highest proportion of people living with disabilities, by province, was found to be in the Free State, with 11,1% of its population having a disability, followed by the Northern Cape, with 11%, the North West, with 10%, the ...
The Ministry of National Education and the Ministry of National Solidarity work to make sure that children with disabilities are able to fully access education whether they have a physical disability, sensory impairment or mental disability. [26] [27] Schools teaching blind children use sound libraries and Braille. [28]
They argued that the killings should not take place because: human rights should be respected at all times, everyone has a right to life despite their disabilities. [7] People with disabilities are often excluded from community activities. Disabled children are usually hidden from the public, cast out, and even killed.