The Special Mothers Project, an advocacy and awareness creation programme on cerebral palsy issues and issues affecting families raising children with disabilities has added its voice to the call for government to improve support systems
A statement issued and signed by Mrs Hannah Awadzi, Executive Director, and copied to the media to commemorate World Down syndrome day said persons living wit Down Syndrome face serious challenges in accessing basic services like education and healthcare
Persons living with down syndrome and their families need support, Support is a key human right that helps make other rights possible.
World Down Syndrome Day is celebrated on the 21st of March every year. It is a global awareness day which has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. The goal is to help people understand and support those with Down syndrome better.
The date being the 21st day of the 3rd month was chosen to represent the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome which causes Down syndrome.
The theme for this year’s celebration is: “Improve our support systems.”
The support that we need is different for each person. Ghana does not have support systems that meet the needs of people with disabilities and their families.
The Special Mothers Project called on Government to formulate laws and policies and implement and monitor support systems.
The statement said support systems should be based on human rights and include people with disabilities and their families at all stages of design, implementation and monitoring.
Source: Newstitbits.com