The Guardian covers DRI's latest report, Infanticide and Abuse: Killing and Confinement of Children with Disabilities in Kenya, documenting the intense pressure that Kenyan parents face - to murder their own children - if they are born with a disability.
From the article:
"A two-year investigation by DRI and the Kenyan Association for the Intellectually Handicapped (Kaih), a grassroots organisation protecting the rights of children with disabilities in communities, found thousands of disabled children living in “dangerous” conditions at orphanages.
The study also found a culture of stigma and discrimination against people with disabilities that has led to widespread pressure on families to give up their children to orphanages.
Stigma against children with disabilities can lead to infanticide in some communities.
'The assumption that people with disabilities have no potential is so dangerous,' says Priscila Rodríguez, DRI’s associate director. 'Once it’s assumed that they can’t have a full life, their lives are going to be thrown away. They’re either going to be left in isolated, inhuman places like this, or they’re going to be killed by their communities and families.'"