AS Nigeria joined the rest of the world to commemorate 2022 World Cerebral Palsy Day, a nonprofit organization, Engraced Ones Prayers Support and Advocacy Initiative, EOPSAI, has called on Federal Government and Nigerians to focus attention on children with special needs.
The Convener, EOPSI, Biby Yinkere, made the call during a sensitization and awareness walk, which started from the popular Wuse Market in Abuja city-center and terminated at the ever-busy Berger Area of Abuja, and the month of October has been declared Down Syndrome Awareness Month.
This year’s theme of the Day is ‘Millions of Reasons’ while the focus is on ‘Technology that makes Lives of those living with Cerebral Palsy Better’.
In Nigeria, according to reports over 2,000 cases of Cerebral Palsy are discovered annually.
Cerebral Palsy is referred to as a group of disorders that affect muscle movement and coordination, therefore leading to vision, hearing, and sensation problems in the child.
The word cerebral has to do with the brain while palsy means weakness and inability to move the body.
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