IS THIS REALLY THE WAY TO GO?

This whole punishment approach will only work if we have proper data on disabilities in this country at all levels of the care continuum for such individuals and iff the personnel at the various service points are on top of the basic issues surrounding disabilities and the required care. This can be possible if the required inter-agency collaboration is strengthened from the sub-district level all the way up to the national Continue reading IS THIS REALLY THE WAY TO GO?

Getting Real With Debbie

LACK OF UNDERSTANDING

Imagine my utter dismay and disappointment when somebody I respected and should know better heard me talking to Kofi on phone and just said… Continue reading LACK OF UNDERSTANDING

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INCLUSIVE VS SPECIAL EDUCATION….

So what does school heads mean when they say they don’t have the personnel? Oh I get it, the special education course is just theory, similar to everything else…. all talk, no action! Continue reading INCLUSIVE VS SPECIAL EDUCATION….

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WE CAN DANCE

Kofi was born with Down syndrome in 2013. After a year of many struggles, including the struggle to find a school that will take him in so I can go back to work full time, we finally found a school through a referral from Down Syndrome International, a UK-based NGO that works for and with individuals with Down syndrome, we got a school for him in the month he was to turn one year old. Continue reading WE CAN DANCE

Getting Real With Debbie

WHAT DID 2019 TEACH YOU?

As I write this, today is January 1 2020, and officially, I do not have a job or any income-earning venture and amazingly, there is this unusual calm over me. So, my question to you is, what did 2019 teach you? Continue reading WHAT DID 2019 TEACH YOU?

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