Down’s Syndrome

I understand the pain, I understand the journey

My name is Fatima Sahra Ahmed. I'm a mother of three, and two of them happen to be children living with special-needs disabilities. I have a five year old son living with cerebral palsy, and then I have a one and a half year old…

‘I was accused of using my son for money rituals because he has Down’s Syndrome’

Being the mother of a child with Down's Syndrome in Tanzania is not easy. A woman named Magreth shares her story of her experience raising a child with Down's Syndrome in her country. “When he was born, I was not comfortable to go…

A mother’s quest to demystify Down’s syndrome in Tanzania

When Elly Kitaly gave birth to her son she found out he had Down's syndrome. She realised that the condition was so ignored in her country, Tanzania, that there was not even an adequate word in her language, Swahili. This is Elly's…