Moving in Circles along a Straight Path: The Elusiveness of Inclusive Education in Early Childhood Development in Uganda
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2016
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Journal of Childhood & Developmental Disorders
Abstract
Children with disability have for long been treated with suspicion
in many African communities. Some of them are usually treated
either with reverence or contempt depending on the disability
[1]. For example, children with albinism are revered because it is
believed that their body parts have great magical powers, thus,
concoctions made from albino body parts can make one rich [2].
Children with different forms of mental retardation are treated
with contempt because it is believed that they are a curse to the
family handed down by the gods for the family’s misdeeds [3].
To these people, such children must be mistreated or neglected
because helping them will be interfering with justice that the
gods have handed to such a family [1]. For fear of the justice
from the gods, there are many reported cases where parents,
especially men have abandoned their homes after fathering a
child with disability [4]. Within the homes, these children suffer
ridicule from family members; some are tortured or neglected by
their parents or guardians resulting in malnutrition and death
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Elusiveness, Inclusive Education, Early Childhood Development
Citation
Ejuu G. Moving in Circles along a Straight Path: The Elusiveness of Inclusive Education in Early Childhood Development in Uganda. J Child Dev Disord. 2015, 1:2.