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Mothers of children with cerebral palsy trained to make APT Chairs

7th September 2017 by Shaun Grech

Some mothers of children with cerebral palsy at the With God Cerebral Palsy centre have undergone training in how to make Appropriate Paper Technology (APT) chairs. Appropriate Paper-based Technology (APbT or APT) is a cost-effective way to produce personally designed furniture or other objects for use and creativity. Materials are recycled: waste paper, thin card […]

Filed Under: Africa, Field Pulse Tagged With: Appropriate Paper-based Technology, Cerebral Pasy, Ghana

Ghanaian mothers of children with cerebral palsy told to ‘seek help’

23rd August 2017 by Hannah Awadzi

Mr Emmanuel Ampofo, a cognitive behavioral psychotherapist, has advised mothers of children with cerebral palsy to “seek help when necessary to avoid being depressed”. He also advised the mothers to accept their children as gifts from God and to be content, saying that they should avoid comparing themselves to others. Mr Ampofo offered advice at […]

Filed Under: Africa, Field Pulse Tagged With: Ghana, Mothers

Ghana: new inclusive education centre for children with cerebral palsy

13th August 2017 by Hannah Awadzi

Ellen Affam-Dadzie, the mother of a seven year old girl with cerebral palsy has set up an inclusive education centre to enable the parents of children with cerebral palsy to work and earn an income. The Centre called “With God cerebral palsy Ghana” will offer free physiotherapy services and quality care for children with cerebral […]

Filed Under: Africa, Field Pulse Tagged With: Cerebral Palsy, Ghana, Inclusive Education

Ghana: stakeholders call for inclusive community based day care centres

25th July 2017 by Hannah Awadzi

Participants at the end of a two day conference on cerebral palsy called on the government in Ghana to set up inclusive community early childhood day care centres that will admit children with cerebral palsy among others. A statement issued at the end of the conference also urged government to enhance the human resource capacity […]

Filed Under: Africa, Field Pulse Tagged With: Cerebral Palsy, Ghana, Inclusion

Guatemala: personas con discapacidad ante oportunidad de salir de la exclusion

6th February 2017 by Silvia Quan

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Guatemala es uno de los países con índice de desarrollo humano más bajo en la región de Latinoamérica, siendo también el único con niveles de pobreza en aumento en la pasada década. Aunque las personas con discapacidad continúan ausentes de dichos estudios, informes globales de situación hacen inferir la grave exclusión en la que se […]

Filed Under: Field Pulse, Latin America Tagged With: Discapacidad, Guatemala, Ley 5125

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