The Special Mothers Project, an advocacy and awareness creation programme on cerebral palsy issues and issues affecting families raising children with disabilities has added its voice to the call for government to improve support systems
A statement issued and signed by Mrs Hannah
Awadzi, Executive Director, said persons
living with Down Syndrome face serious challenges in accessing basic services
like education and healthcare
Persons living with down syndrome and their
families need support, Support is a key human right that helps make other
rights possible.
World Down Syndrome Day is celebrated on
the 21st of March every year. It is a global awareness day
which has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. The goal
is to help people understand and support those with Down syndrome better.
The date being the 21st day of the 3rd
month was chosen to represent the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome
which causes Down syndrome.
The theme for this year’s celebration is :
“Improve our support systems.”
The support that we need is different for each person. Ghana does not have support systems that meet
the needs of people with disabilities and their families.
The Special Mothers Project called on Government to formulate laws and policies and implement and monitor support systems.
The statement said support systems should be based on human rights and include people with disabilities and their families at all stages of design, implementation and monitoring.
The Special Mothers Project advocates for support systems and services for families nurturing children with disabilities
No comments:
Post a Comment