Social distancing has been used by parents of children with special needs for so long and for various reasons. However, if we are to get back to life as we knew it, albeit with a few permanent changes, it is in all our interest to strictly observe social distancing plus all the other precautionary measures… Continue reading SOCIAL DISTANCING
It was Chinua Achebe who said “A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to … Continue reading This too, shall pass
March 21, is a day set aside by the United Nations to celebrate individuals born/living with Down syndrome and to create public awareness about this genetic condition. The theme for this year’s celebration is #WeDecide. In line with this year’s theme, we (yes, you too) hereby decide to support people with Down syndrome to have full participation in decision making on matters relating to/or affecting their lives, which is a human rights principle supported by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Continue reading To Whom It May Concern – Kofi Entsi Yankson
Are we really the sum total of our experiences? Those experiences – be they positive or negative – make us the person we are, at any given point in our lives. And, like a flowing river, those same experiences, and those yet to come, continue to influence and reshape the person we are, and the person we become. None of us are the same as we were yesterday, nor will be tomorrow.” I do know that you can be so much more Continue reading A LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER
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?
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
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….
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
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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