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allAfrica.com: Uganda: More Schools for the Deaf Needed -- Madaada (Page 1 of 1)
MORE schools are needed for the deaf, state minister for the elderly and disabilities affairs has said.
Sulaiman Madaada said many children from poor families with hearing problems have missed out on education because there are a few schools for the deaf are expensive.
Madaada was speaking at a workshop for trainers with a hearing impairment at Hotel Atlanta in Kayunga town council recently.
He said the deaf community has not been sensitised on HIV/AIDS because of the few interpreters in the country. He asked the Government to make interpretation subjects compulsory, as is the case with science subjects.
Joseph Mbulamwana, the information officer of the Uganda National Association of the Deaf commended the Government for boosting activities of people with disabilities, saying this was not the case in past regimes.
He said in the past, it was difficult to find a person with a disability in a government office.
He warned parents to stop the habit of locking up children with disabilities in houses, saying it is inhuman.
Mbulamwena advised police to arrest and prosecute such parents. Over 10 trainers attended the workshop.
MORE schools are needed for the deaf, state minister for the elderly and disabilities affairs has said.
Sulaiman Madaada said many children from poor families with hearing problems have missed out on education because there are a few schools for the deaf are expensive.
Madaada was speaking at a workshop for trainers with a hearing impairment at Hotel Atlanta in Kayunga town council recently.
He said the deaf community has not been sensitised on HIV/AIDS because of the few interpreters in the country. He asked the Government to make interpretation subjects compulsory, as is the case with science subjects.
Joseph Mbulamwana, the information officer of the Uganda National Association of the Deaf commended the Government for boosting activities of people with disabilities, saying this was not the case in past regimes.
He said in the past, it was difficult to find a person with a disability in a government office.
He warned parents to stop the habit of locking up children with disabilities in houses, saying it is inhuman.
Mbulamwena advised police to arrest and prosecute such parents. Over 10 trainers attended the workshop.