The Special Mothers Group, an association of mothers with
children who have cerebral palsy has called on the Ministry of Gender, Children
and Social Protection to come up with implementable policies for children with
cerebral palsy.
The group said the lack of a workable policy for children
with cerebral palsy in Ghana have driven many families with such children to
take the easier option of killing their children or excluding them from
society.
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| Mrs Patience Asane, a Special Mum presenting the items to Mr Daniel Lumor, Special Educator at the Castle Road Special School |
The Special Mothers made the call when they donated items
including diapers, assorted detergents, stationery, fruits and vegetables
valued at about GHC1000 to the children’s ward of the Accra Psychiatric
Hospital.
The donation was at the instance of Mr and Mrs Kwarteng,
Parents of a child with severe cerebral palsy who encouraged the special
mothers group to collect any amount they could afford from individual members
to enable the group show kindness to the children who suffer from parental
neglect and love due to their conditions.
Mrs Patience Asane, a mother of a 14 year old girl with
cerebral palsy who coordinated the programme, said there was the need for a
proper institution where parents with such children could drop them off and
pick them later in the evening to enable parents also work and earn a living.
She said many parents were forced to abandon their career
and jobs simply because they gave birth to a child with cerebral palsy.
Mrs Asane called on government to pay attention to such
children in our society since that could make a lot of difference in the lives
of families with such children.
Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder that affects
movement and sometimes speech of children, it is the number one cause of
disability in childhood.
Mr Daniel Lumor, a Special Educator at the Castle Road
Special School, a special needs school located on the premises of the Accra
Psychiatric Hospital expressed gratitude to the group.
He urged the government and corporate organizations to pay
attention to special education in Ghana
