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How Sweet: My Love Affair With Disability
In 2005, when the Exodus Guild was founded, I did not know why I was drawn to disability since I did not have a personal story to tell. However, for some reason, God gave me Exodus to enlighten “the world” about a movement for Africans living with disability.
AFFAIR.doc
Amputees in Liberia Find Hope in Football
MONROVIA, Liberia (ICRC) -- On a dusty pitch in the middle of the capital of Monrovia limbless young men play football as though their lives depended on it.
AMPUTEES.doc
Study: More cases of autism in U.S. kids than previously realized
(CNN) -- A study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics indicates about 1 percent of children ages 3 to 17 have autism or a related disorder, an increase over previous estimates.
AUTISM.doc
Locked away: Kenya's Health Anguish
KANDARA, Kenya (CNN) -- Daniel Mungai's family keeps him locked in a room in a wooden shack that is just big enough to fit a bed, a cupboard, Daniel and his wheel-chair. His clothes and bed are soaked with his own waste -- and he's been living like this for 15 years.
LOCKED AWAY.doc
Mainstreaming Disability
Lagos - One of the groups in the society that is usually not remembered is the physically-challenged people. They rarely make news on the pages of newspapers, magazine, television and radio except when they are viewed as constituting social nuisance and are picked up by government agency.
MAINSTREAM.doc
Study: People with Disability are more likely to be victims of violent crime
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- People with disabilities are 50 percent more likely to be victims of violent crimes than are people without disabilities, according to a government study released Thursday.
VICTIM.doc