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Mary Omboka and her 10 years old son Finley Okinda at Angels on Earth for special needs, Nyali in Mombasa County on Monday 13th April 2015. Finley is suffering from Autism. [Photo:Kelvin Karani/STANDARD]
Kenya: Dianne Rooke has seen desperation in the parents with autistic children. Some come to her seeking admission for their autistic children at her special needs centre, Angels on Earth, in Nyali, Mombasa, only to be turned off by the school fees.
Forty five thousand shillings per term is too high for many parents. So they opt to keep their children locked up at home. Rooke says she is saddened thinking about those children.
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