Leaving no one behind: Intellectual disability during COVID-19 in Africa

Article by Thabile Samboma. Vol. 64, Issue 2. International Social Work. February 15, 2021.

Article by Thabile Samboma. Vol. 64, Issue 2. International Social Work.

February 15, 2021.

Africa is one of the least developed continents with a larger population of people living with intellectual disability. Various literature shows that having a person with disability is more of a taboo or curse as communities continue to hide them. Infrastructure developments are not making life easier for people living with disability (PWD). During COVID-19, PWD are left behind from communications, online learning, and online business; they are not given personal protective equipment, and those are some of the things that continue to cripple the rights of PWD who continuously feel left behind.

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