Children with disabilities in South Sudan continue to be isolated when it comes to education as the schools are not well equipped with facilities to handle pupils with special needs.
This is the view of Handicap International’s Advocacy Officer Henry Swaka.The State of the World’s Children 2013: Children with Disabilities discloses that children with disabilities are the least likely to receive health care or go to school.
Jackline Moses Ayombo, 20, a resident of Juba who has a hearing impairment says, “One of the worst things about being deaf is that I cannot communicate with people and sometimes this leads to mistreatment and isolation.”
She added that she was given the wrong medication several times, because the doctors could not understand her ailment.
Project Officer of Handicap International, James Ochan, said: “We do not need to create a third class citizen by not providing children with their basic needs, we need to invest in all children, regardless of whether they are living with disabilities or not.”
13-year old Emmanuel Ladu asked the government to ensure that children living with disabilities should be involved in extracurricular activities at school just like other children.