Many people wrongly think that a disabled person is not as normal as everyone else. That is why they tend to stigmatise them and avoid interacting with them very closely. Yet research has shown that impaired people, just like anyone else, can compete at the highest level in all aspects of life. Sometimes they even perform far better than those who call themselves normal.

It is therefore important to treat everyone with respect and dignity regardless of how well they see or how fast they walk. 

The Education Times survey, it was also discovered that there are very few schools dedicated to people with disabilities. Even the few schools that admit these students have insufficient facilities to cater for them.

For instance there is a shortage of special needs teachers and lack of stairs designed for physically impaired people in public buildings among others. This is an area that The Government should dedicate more resources to alleviate the plight of people living with disabilities in order to compete fairly with everyone else.

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