As South Africa observes the annual National Disability Awareness Month once again this November, activists say society needs to change its attitude towards people with disabilities.
Speaking to Salaamedia, Disability Researcher at the University of South Africa (UNISA) Professor Amina Sindile Ngubane, society needs to engage people with disabilities and change our attitude towards people with disabilities.
Prof. Ngubane said her experience with disabled people has taught her that they too have enhanced skills and abilities which are often ignored by the rest of society due to their condition.
“If we see them as people that have abilities, instead of focusing on the disability itself, then we will stop focusing on the disability and look at what are the different other knowledge skills that they have,” she said.
