Disability Awareness Month Series- Part (ii)- A focus on undiagnosed and neurodivergent disabilities
"Disability is not about people's impairments, instead, it's about barriers across people with different impairments" . Dr. Harun Hassan, Director, National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD- Kenya) 4th Annual Inclusive Africa Conference hosted by inABLE Did you know that an estimated 15% of the African population (1.4 Billion) is living with a disability? That's almost 220 million people who continue to face social, physical, and online barriers on a daily basis. Yet, many of these disabilities go undiagnosed or untreated, resulting in individuals struggling to understand their differences and navigating a world that isn't always accommodating. An image showing different neurodivergent disabilities was downloaded from Pinterest . In this disability awareness month series, I'd like to focus on undiagnosed neurodivergent disabilities and embracing newly diagnosed disabilities in adults. Neurodivergent disabilities, such as autism, ADHD, dyscalc