World Health Organisation (WHO) defines disability as an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions.
By Tendai Makaripe
CHILDREN her age descend upon dilapidated homesteads in noisy excited chatter about yet another day at school. To them school is the only place that brings life out of them and moments spent there are always cherished.
She sits in a wheelchair under the shade, wistful as she endures the saddest part of her day. Her condition prohibits her from being part of the group that walks excitedly back home; she sits in the wheelchair with nothing but countless unanswered questions.
Sandra’s future looks bleak. She casts a glance at the children walking home from school, momentarily looks at herself then immediately throws her head in her hands, her eyes almost instantly flooded with tears.