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Caring for children with special needs

Children with special needs are part of our society and they need love and care just like other children. Parents and caregivers of these children sometimes have to give up their careers and social lives. NJOKI CHEGE caught up with three women who told of the taxing task of raising children with special needs.

The birth of a baby is generally expected to be great news, but when the bouncing bundle of joy turns out to be a child with a special need, the joy turns to disappointment, fear and even anger.

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