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Title: | The socio-cultural and linguistic aspects of childhood disability in Shona culture |
Author: | Mashiri, Pedzisai |
Year: | 2000 |
Periodical: | Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research (ISSN 1013-3445) |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 170-194 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Zimbabwe Southern Africa |
Subjects: | Shona mentally disabled physically disabled |
Abstract: | In Zimbabwe children with disabilities are excluded from educational institutions such as preschools because of society's negative perception of disability and the absence of a national disability preschool education policy. The Shona people's knowledge base, beliefs and values pertaining to childhood disability are stereotypical and gender biased. They influence the way society perceives disability, its causes and management. The language used to label and refer to children with disabilities and to tease or reprimand normal children reflects society's negative attitude towards disability and children with disabilities. Childhood disability often results in divorce or separation, and the taking care of children with disabilities is often relegated to women, mothers and grandmothers. The linguistic and social stereotyping of childhood disability and disabled children results in the marginalization, silencing and discrimination of children with disabilities in Zimbabwe. App., bibliogr., sum. |