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In this study, parents from Kenya whose daughter is deaf weigh their desire to provide the best life for her against their desire to use their professional expertise to help people in Kenya. This article examines the role of cultural beliefs about disability in this family’s experience. It highlights issues that deserve further research to learn more about how to meet immigrants’ needs in special education, especially immigrant families from African countries with children with disabilities.\u003Cbr>Keywords: Africa, deaf, special education, immigration. |\n| --- |\n| Email: [angela.stone@umb.edu. Tel:](angela.stone@umb.edu. Tel:) 617-287-7316. Fax: 617-287-7656. |\n\nINTRODUCTION  \nSince the early 1980s, interest in education for people with disabilities has increased around the world. The United Nations commemorated 1981 as the Year of Disabled Persons. This event signaled a growing concern about human development and the rights of marginalized peoples across the globe.  \nDisability issues became increasingly prominent. The Education for All initiatives and the Millennium Development Goals, begun in 1990 and 2002 respectively, were sponsored by the United Nations in several developing countries. Education is a right guaranteed for all world citizens in the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child. Article 23 specifically discusses children with disabilities and states:  \nA mentally or physically disabled child should enjoy a full and decent life, in conditions which ensure dignity, promote self-reliance and facilitate the child's active participation in the community. ... The disabled child [needs] effective access to and receives education, training, health care services, rehabilitation services, preparation for employment and  \nrecreation opportunities in a manner conducive to the child's achieving the fullest possible social integration and individual development, including his or her cultural and spiritual development.(United Nations, 1989)  \nNevertheless, opportunities in several East African countries for educating and training children with disabilities remain limited. While the Millennium Development Goals are supposed to provide Education for All, particularly basic primary education, no earmarked money or specific plans in that program are being used to target children with disabilities (Raijmakers, 2005) . Even today, people with disabilities in East Africa must deal with discrimination from negative attitudes and beliefs. In addition to poverty and the lack of resources, these beliefs have limited the services and educational opportunities for people with disabilities in African countries. In Kenya, it is unlawful for people with hearing or visual impairments to run for president because the law requires that the president speak and read in Kiswahili and English, not Braille or sign language (Ogechi and Ruto, 2002) .  \nCultural beliefs about disability in East Africa  \nBeliefs about disability and the cause of disabilities can be closely linked to the level of acceptance for an individual with a disability. In East Africa, people frequently have beliefs that simultaneously reflect a medical understanding and a spiritual belief about disability and its causes. In some East African societies, disability is determined not through a medical diagnosis, but by one’s ability to participate in society and the role that a person play","cbCaiuvlleXuypVc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuvlleXuypVc","pdf",109358,11,"English","# Introduction\n## Cultural beliefs about disability in East Africa\n## Culture, society, and family in the model","[{\"question\":\"What choices do families of children with disabilities face according to the abstract?\",\"answer\":\"Families must decide how to provide necessary health and educational services while also finding an environment where their children can be socially accepted.\"},{\"question\":\"Which group is studied in the article?\",\"answer\":\"The study includes parents from Kenya whose daughter is deaf.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the article’s main focus regarding disability?\",\"answer\":\"It examines how cultural beliefs about disability influence this family’s experience and highlights needs for further research in special education for immigrant families.\"}]","Coming to America for the good of a deaf child - The case of Joy - Full Length Research Paper | PDF",1792070541,28]