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INTRODUCTION  Over the years, perceptions towards disability have varied significantly from one community to another. Limited literature in disability history, however, continues to pose a great challenge to students of disability studies in their endeavor to trace the development and formation of perceptions towards persons with disabilities. It is towards this end that this article seeks to present a coherent literature review on cross-cultural factors that influence perceptions towards children and adults with disabilities from a historical perspective. The final section provides a few examples that illustrate positive steps taken by the international community, and several countries, to improve disability perception. As Roeher (1969) observes, an examination of attitudes towards people with disabilities across culture suggests that societal perceptions and treatment of persons with disabilities are neither homogeneous nor static. Greek and Roman perception

10 Majorly Successful People With Disabilities Everyone has hardships they encounter in their lives, but when someone with a disability is able to overcome all of the additional c#$!% a disability brings to not only survive, but to find mega success, that is an amazing thing to behold. It takes a lot of strength and a complete no-fear attitude to go as far as these highly successful people with disabilities have. From inventors and CEOs to performers and artists, here are of some of the biggest overcoming-disability-to-succeed success stories. 1) Stephen Hawking Much more than the namesake of Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (which is an awesome show on the Discovery channel by the way), Stephen Hawking is one of the most well-known physicists in the world, and he was able to achieve that in spite of being diagnosed with ALS when he was 21. He can now only speak with the assistance of a computer and has be

WATOTO WENYE MAHITAJI MAALUMU NA WANAOISHI KATIKA   MAZINGIRA MAGUMU NA VIPAJI TOFAUTI.   Mungu ana namna yake ya kipekee ambayo huitumia kuonyesha ukuu wake katika ulimwengu. Mara nyingi binadamu huwa tunamkufuru Mungu bila kuelewa uthamani wetu kwake. Kuna kila haja ya sisi wanadamu kumrejea Mungu na kumuuliza ipi talanta yetu na njia ya kufanikisha ili kumpa yeye utukufu. Inafika mahali mtu unayaishi maisha yako na unaona kabisa kuwa yanaelekea ukingoni (unazeeka) bila kujua aliitumia vipi talanta yake katika maisha yake na ni wangapi wamefanikiwa k upitia yeye, hii ni hatari sana kwa maisha ya kiroho (life-after -life), pia ni hatari katika maendeleo ya kijamii. Watoto wenye mahitaji maalumu, hasa wale wenye ulemavu wana vipaji vingi ndani yao ijapokuwa inakuwa ngumu sana kwao kuvigundua. Kukosekana kwa moja kati ya viungo vyao ama kiungo kutofanya kazi ipasavyo ikumbukwe kuwa ni chachu ya viungo vingine kufanya kazi ipasavyo (unisensory-one sense the better) hivyo

Mheshimiwa akifafanua jambo kuhusu umuhimu wa kuwajali watoto wenye ulemavu kwa wazazi (hawapo pichani) waliofika kupokea msaada wa baiskeli kwa ajili ya watoto wao. Aidha, katika maelezo yake Mhe. Kairuki aliwasihi wazazi kutowaficha ndani watoto walemavu, bali wawapeleke shule na kuwapatia huduma zingine za muhimu ambaza wao kama binadamu wanatakiwa kuzipata. Pia aliwaomba wadau wengine wajitokeze kuwasaidia watoto wenye ulemavu kwani ni ndugu zetu na wanastajili kusaidiwa. Mheshimiwa Kairuki alitoa jumla ya baiskeli 35 kwa watoto wenye ulemavu wa Kawe, jijini Dar es Salaam Mheshimiwa Kairuki akimkabidhi baiskeli na vifaa mbalimbali mtoto mmojawapo (jina halikufahamika mara moja) ambaye ni mlemavu wa viungo ili imsaidie wakati wa kwenda shuleni na mahali pengine. Mheshimiwa Kairuki akimsikiliza Bi. Blandina Sembu ambaye ni Mratibu wa Shirikisho la Vyama vya Walemavu Tanzania (SHIVYAWATA) alipokuwa akitoa shukrani zake kwa Mhe. Kairuki baada ya kukabidhi