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Seeing through the prism of mental disability

With loving parents, children with mental disability have double chances of picking up fast, writes GARDY CHACHA

Mental disability in most cases is a lifelong condition. To many parents, having a mentally handicapped child is an agonising experience. The pressures of culture, beliefs, taboos and the sheer fright of giving birth to a mentally handicapped child might cause parents to mishandle these angels with special needs.

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