Inter Press ServiceParents Find Caring for Handicapped Children a Major Challenge https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/parents-find-caring-for-handicapped-children-a-major-challenge/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:53:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Parents Find Caring for Handicapped Children a Major Challenge https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/parents-find-caring-for-handicapped-children-a-major-challenge/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/parents-find-caring-for-handicapped-children-a-major-challenge/#respond Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:25:18 +0000 Siphosethu Stuurman http://www.ipsnews.net/?p=113971

By Siphosethu Stuurman
Nov 6 2012 (IPS)

Caring for mentally and physically children is difficult any where in the world. In South Africa the situation is worsened by the fact that parents with handicapped children are stigmatized and some parents believe giving birth to a handicapped children is the result of witchcraft or punishment by God.

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