Inclusion and Special Needs Education Specialist

05/03/2024

March is Cerebral Palsy awareness month

MARCH IS CEREBRAL PALSY AWARENESS MONTH

WHAT IS CEREBRAL PALSY?

Cerebral palsy is a physical disability resulting from injury to the developing brain during pregnancy, birth, or shortly after birth. It results from damage to the parts of the brain that control movement, balance, and posture.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CEREBRAL PALSY VARIES, BUT OFTEN INCLUDE:
• Lack of muscle coordination when performing voluntary movements (ataxia)
• Stiff or tight muscles and exaggerated reflexes (spasticity)
• Weakness of the legs and arms
• Shaking or random involuntary movements
• Delays in reaching motor skill milestones
• Difficulty with fine motor activities like writing or buttoning up

Illnesses during pregnancy, premature birth, and meningitis in young children are the leading causes of cerebral palsy.

When damage to the developing brain occurs, it causes motor function impairment, leading to movement and coordination problems.

An individual with cerebral palsy may have other linked disabilities, including behavioural, intellectual, speech, and visual disabilities.

28/12/2023

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10/12/2023

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12/11/2023

Let's empower rather than sympathize with persons with disabilities

23/10/2023

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17/06/2023

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30/10/2022

More often than not, children with disabilities are born in families with little or no information on Disability.

Unless the family gets proper awareness creation and intervention, challenges set in. Fear of unknown results to stigma & rejection. Let's create awareness

13/08/2022

I concur

Action 1⃣ of the Youth Call for Action.

Increase decent work and facilitate employment opportunities 👩‍🏭

We commit to easing entry into the labour market.
We will work together to create avenues that provide decent work and professional development opportunities; offer vocational rehabilitation and skills training; recruit youth with all types of impairment, including the most underrepresented groups; and organise inclusive, universally designed, accessible workplaces and reasonable accommodation.

22/07/2022

An achievement

29/05/2022

Thankful for the opportunity to offer consultancy services on health and nutrition

21/04/2022

Doing what you advocate for.

Precious Future Vocational Training Centre, Nakuru, a disability inclusion focused centre.

May 2022 admissions ongoing.

19/04/2022

The greatest disability in life is 'bad attitude'. Let's embrace the persons with disabilities positively to facilitate inclusion with ease.

04/04/2022

Inclusive education is highly recommend globally.

Education for learners with disabilities and Special Needs in Education has been evolving.

It began with : 'EXCLUSION' where all learners with disabilities were left out.
Then came in 'SEGREGATION' where the learners were put in separate institution that would meet their education needs. We are still here

There came 'INTEGRATION' where learners who would fit and survive in the regular Education setups were welcome. Those that could not naturally fell out. It is still a practice to date.

We are now advocating for 'INCLUSION' where all learners attend same classes with no regards to their disabilities.

We must see the environment as the challenge and not the child with disabilities as has been the norm.

02/04/2022

Let's engage the youth and empower them on their abilities as I most valuable resource they poses

26/03/2022

It's not being 'normal' that's important, but learning to accept our being different. To live and love as much as possible.

24/03/2022

The only greatest disability in life is bad attitude.

If we develop a positive attitude towards our brothers and sisters with disabilities, every intervention in their support will work.

23/03/2022

Inclusion in employment means all persons regardless of disabilities,
1. Gets a fair chance to get a job.
2. Is valued and respected at work place.
3. Have a safe environment and decent working conditions
Just to mention afew

22/03/2022

Inclusion is defined as the practice of ensuring everyone is brought on board. Leaving no one behind in all aspects of life.

Inclusive education is the practice of ensuring all learners attend the same schools regardless of the disabilities. They are taught in the same classroom with adaptations and accomodations to facilitate them learn.