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| Title: | The Need for Counselling Parents of Special Needs Persons in Nigeria |
| Authors: | Aiyeleso, Mary M. |
| Issue Date: | 2012 |
| Publisher: | Glory-Land Publishing Company |
| Series/Report no.: | Chapter 9;Pp 97-112 |
| Description: | In Nigerian culture as in other parts of the world parents attach
importance to child bearing after marriage in every home and the
dream of every parent is to have a perfect, normal, strong, smart
and healthy baby. This kind of expectation is because the arrival
of a special needs person into a Nigerian family is seen as a
retribution for an evil, a punishment awarded to a parent from
gods or angry ancestors for a sin committed, or as a result of
violating the law of the land or family’s cultural belief. As a result,
some family see the special need person as an unwanted person,
a misfit, an outcast, an intruder and a kill joy. Such persons are
denied of care and the provision of basic needs |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3048 |
| ISBN: | 978-31064-3-6 |
| Appears in Collections: | Special Education and Rehabilitation Sciences
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