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Statistics South Africa estimated that people with disabilities comprise 7.7% of the country’s population. (Photo by Leon Sadiki/City Press/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
CASUAL DAY

Prioritise inclusive healthcare for people with disabilities

With no dedicated budget, a shortage of data, and no tools to assess how inclusive healthcare is for persons with disabilities in SA, the government needs to urgently address…

  • Lieketseng Ned
  • Nomvo Dwadwa-Henda
  • Babalwa Tyabashe-Phume
7 min read
Ubuntu challenges the dominant views that dehumanise, isolate, stigmatise and exclude those living with disabilitiesPhoto: File
CASUAL DAY

Casual Day reminds us we need a society where the disabled can thrive

September is also Deaf Awareness Month with the International Day of Sign Languages (23 September) and the International Week of the Deaf being observed

  • Marcia Lyner-Cleophas
  • Claudia Saunderson
  • Lizelle Apollis
5 min read