EASTER TIME: LIFE NEVER ENDS AND LOVE NEVER DIES

IN AFRICA, DISABILITY IS OFTEN UNDERSTOOD AS A CURSE. HOWEVER, DISABILITY MAY HIT ANYONE. WORLD CELEBRITIES ARE NOT EXEMPTED AS THEY ALSO HAVE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. THE FOLLOWING STORIES TELL US THAT CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ARE NOT TO BE HIDDEN BUT WELCOMED THEY WAY THEY ARE Grey’s Anatomy star Caterina Scorsone is a mom to three girls — Eliza, 10 …

THE CONTEXT

In Kenya, the need to protect the rights of children with disabilities becomes extreme due to the following risk factors: The proportion of doctors in the population is one doctor per 100,000 inhabitants (Kenya Demographic and Health Survey – 2004) and health services are low-level and expensive. This forces many to cure themselves by traditional methods using medicinal herbs or …

Rehabilitation and Inclusion

Rehabilitation addresses the impact of a health condition on a person’s everyday life, by optimizing their functioning and reducing their experience of disability. Rehabilitation expands the focus of health beyond preventative and curative care, to ensure people with a health condition can remain as independent as possible and participate in education, work and meaningful life roles. Anybody may need rehabilitation …