According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are 61 million disabled adults in the United States – 1 in every four adults, 1 in every four women, and 2 in every five adults aged 65 and up. Although there are many ways to define disability, it is frequently described as any visible,…
Dear disabled friends: You are not a burden. For disabled people, navigating an inaccessible society is an everyday reality. When we request changes, we are made to feel like an inconvenience. When a building is inaccessible, we feel like the problem. When we ask for help on public transportation, we are met with disapproval. We…
There are over ten million people living with epilepsy in Africa, and 80% of them do not receive treatment with easily accessible contemporary medications. Accessibility is a major issue because of the area’s size and lack of medical services. Cheap medications like phenobarbital are frequently in short supply due to poverty, a lack of human…
Cerebral Palsy is the most typical cause of physical disability in children around the world. Every year, ten children out of every 1,000 births are affected by cerebral palsy in Africa. Low birth weight and prematurity are the main risk factors in developed countries, where cerebral palsy is more common. However, due to limited diagnostic…
According to the World Health Organization, the prevalence of Down syndrome is approximately one in every 1,000 births worldwide. Low life expectancy, abuse, stigma, segregation, and limited life opportunities are common problems for people with Down syndrome in Africa, both as children and as adults. Because of the negative attitudes in society, they are unable…
The African Region was officially certified wild poliovirus-free on August 25, 2020. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been the lead implementing partner for the United States’ efforts to eradicate polio for three decades, playing a critical role in assisting African countries and the continent in reaching this milestone. According to a…
In 2011, following the famous 25,000 recruitment of youths into the public service, a protest was called by persons living with disabilities that they were sidelined during the recruitment process. I think this led the Ministries of Social Affairs and Employment to launch a new recruitment program exclusively for persons with disabilities. I was encouraged…
I am a girl from the south of Cameroon who was brought into this world by a man who was a soldier and a woman whose job was to take care of the home and the family. This union brought forth five children (3 boys and two girls), and I was of two children this…
Chrystabel is a 34-year-old single Mother of 3, paralyzed on both legs, by a Quinimax injection, in her childhood. This brave Lady raises her three children, with the meager earnings she makes as a hairdresser, in Mondoni, a small village in the Southwest Region of Cameroun. Chrystabel had to move out of their family house…
Mama Cax, a Brooklyn-born advocate for people with disabilities and a rising model who challenged the fashion industry’s standard of beauty by not shying away from displaying her prosthetic leg on the runway and in fashion campaigns, died on Dec. 16 in London. She was 30. Her agency, Jag Models, confirmed the death at Royal…
