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This month Lets Celebrate the Magical healing power of Rehabilitation Services and Professionals who help patients and Children with Disabilities to set and achieve their goals every day. Therapeutic Rehabilitation Provides Life changing treatment for millions of Individuals, by helping to minimize Physical and Cognitive disabilities, overcome Limb stiffness and illnesses. Ever since The Covid19 Cacophony settled into Account many initiatives like Homeschooling to foster learning and wellness of children to enjoy life at home have been put in place both online and homework classes are progressing swiftly.  However  Children Living with Disabilities especially those in the slums and rural hard to reach areas have been left out in terms of cost and access to basic rehabilitation services like Physiotherapy and occupational Therapy treatment, since their parents are not empowered to do it by themselves. Following a couple of phone calls from many caretakers of Chil...

The first challenge that comes with addressing accessibility concerns defining terms.   Broadly, “accessibility” refers to allowing individuals with disabilities to use a system as easily as someone without disabilities. Estimates put the number of students in higher education with disabilities at around 10 percent -- though that number is complicated by the fact that many students with disabilities don’t feel empowered to share those details. Looking at the current prevailing crisis of Covid19, if you don't live in a major urban area, you might have a much less consistent experience when it comes to getting fast broadband. For many, internet connections range from low speed to no connection at all. I got to hear first-hand how this is directly impacting some of our Children in the rural areas as they are adjusting to remote schooling. This disparity of access truly impacts people’s lives, as many children are deprived of one of their human rights: education. Int...

why social workers shouldn't  be left out in the fight of the Novel corona Virus Pandemic The world is in stress and anxiety-producing times. As the media is always discussing corona virus  everywhere, reports are signaling that the world is changing and everyone is under fear in this Lock down .  The long isolation period has been linked to a number of mental issues such as stress, despair, increased anxiety, and hopelessness due to decreased job security. As of now, Uganda has over 160 confirmed cases of Covid19; I anticipate that by the time this is published, that number will have increased exponentially.  We are in the midst of a public health pandemic and social workers must be a part of the response team Government policy makers should not only look at medical actioners  as the only essential workers in fighting Covid19, But We must acknowledge the mental disparate impact of covidid19 on those who are already living on hand to mouth or near ...

Do Children with Disability Matter During this Covid19 Pandemic? This question hit me hard as asked by one of the parents having a visually   Impaired child in the slum areas of Kampala; she narrated  to me how her son finds it hard navigating a world which society  created for those that do not have a disability. Before we get answers to this question, we need to look at barriers hindering participation of persons with disabilities in accessing Education materials   Distributed by the government During this COVID 19 Global pandemic The most recent 2014 population census indicates that 12.4 % of the Ugandan population lives with a disability. Living with a disability categorizes this group as part of the most vulnerable people. However, persons with disabilities tend to be forgotten not only during planning but also a midst  a crisis like the COVID-19 that has hit  the continent. Better strategies need to be put in place to ensur e  th...

So what happens to a Dream differed? Does it wither and dry up like a raising in the sun? Or it fester like a Sore and then run.  Does it stink like rotten meat Or it crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet? May be it just sags like a heavy load Or does it melt over like snow on a plain rocky ridge? Most times I try to encourage my self to wait for the out comes of my hustles and then life feeds me with a couple of rejections  I mean how can you even keep you self motivated when all your efforts seems not to bring results , how do you explain to your self to awake and try again without any guarantee it wont end up in vein But today I have come to understand that no road to succes is rosy sweet, infact it has never been rosy at all,  And out of the many failures we should never forget  to celebrate that one achievement. Society is only fun for the optimists to thrive.