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Name: Alex Kimani
Born: 1996
Sex: Male
Disability: Cerebral palsy/Autism
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Alex is the only child to a single mother. The mother was left by her
husband because of Alex’s disability
Born: 2000
Sex: Female
Disability: Cerebral palsy
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
She is the only child to a single mother who is unable to take care of the child due to poverty.
PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED
1. Inability to weight bear, stand and walk
2. Lack of social skills
3. Lack of communication skills
4. Dependence in activities of daily living.
Born: 2003
Sex: Male
Disability: Cerebral palsy
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The child was found abandoned and was taken to a children home which does not cater for disabled children thus was transferred to our home.
PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED
1. Lack of speech
2. Dependence in activities of daily living.
Born: 15th April, 2003
Sex: Female
Disability: Cerebral Palsy
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The child is of a single un-employed mother. She left the child in the house and has never been seen again. Brenda was taken by neighbors to the police station and latter transferred to the home.
PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED.
1. Lack of neck control
2. Poor feeding habits
3. Convulsions
Born: 1999
Sex: Male
Disability: Autism
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The child was being brought up by his father after the mother died. He is the 3rd born, in a family of 3. The father is unemployed.
PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED
1. Lack of concentration
2. Lack social skills
3. Inability to communicate
Born: 1996
Sex: Male
Disability: Mental Handicapped/Epileptic
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Brian is the first born in a family of two. The other sibling (brother) is blind. Their mother is single and unemployed thus unable to cater for the needs of these children.
Born: 1998
Sex: Male
Disability: Mental retardation, Autism
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
He is a 3rd born in a family of 4. The other siblings and parents are alive and okay.
The child’s problem was discovered when he attained 1 year. His development seemed to be okay but used to cry a lot and could not hold things thus could not feed himself. He was also antisocial and could not adopt to the environment.
PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED
1. Dependence in activities of daily living
2. Drooling
Born: 1994
Sex: Male
Disability: Autism; Hemiplegia
BACK GROUND IN FORMATION
He is the 3rd born in a family of 4. Other siblings are okay and alive. Was living with the mother since the father is deceased. There is no history of any chronic illness in the family.
MEDICAL ATTENTION
The parents noticed his problem while he was 8 months old. He was docile and kept himself busy with a single toy always. He wasn’t able to adopt to the environment.
PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED
1. Lack of social skills
2. Lack of concentration
Name: Doreen Mwende
Sex: Female
Born: 1995
Disability: Mild cerebral palsy
Background:
She is the only child in the family brought up by a single mother who strugle with life to take care of the kid. The mother was left by the husband deu to the disabilty of the child.
Born: 2000
Sex: Male
Disability: Paraplegia
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
He is the 1st born in a family of 2. The mother is single and unemployed.
PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED
1. Inability to stand unaided.
2. Inversion of both feet
3. Walks with scooting motions
4. Dependence in activities of daily living.
Born: 1995
Sex: Male
Disability: Spastic Cerebral palsy
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
He is the only child to a single unemployed mother.
He was born through normal delivery but did not cry hence suffered birth asphyxia.
He is epileptic but not under medication due to side effects.
Born: 1995
Sex: Female
Disabilities: Cerebral Palsy
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
She is the 2nd born in a family of 3 (1 boy + 2 girls) to a single un employed mother. The child did not cry at birth hence suffered from brain anoxia which caused cerebral palsy.
PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED
1. Dependence in activities of daily living.
2. Lack of speech
Born: 1994
Sex Male
Disability: Cerebral palsy
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
He is an orphan brought up by his aged grandmother.
The area government administration officer (chief) brought the child to the home because he was not getting good care due to poverty.
MEDICAL INFORMATION
The child was born normally but did not cry after birth, hence suffered birth asphyxia. The child is also epileptic and under medication. He walks with bended knees and has mannerisms i.e. sucking of four fingers.
PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED
1. Dependence in activities of daily living
2. Problem with Speech
3. unable to walk
Born: 1990
Sex: Female
Disability: Mental handicapped
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
She is the 3rd born in a family of 5. The other siblings are alive and okay. Both parents are deceased.
There is no history of any chronic illness in the family. She is generally healthy except for the mental problem.
PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED
1. She is dependant on daily living activities i.e. dressing, bathing, toileting etc.
2. Her reasoning capacity is very low.
Name: Joseph Kiiga
Born: 1995
Sex: Male
Disability: cerebral palsy accompanied by epileptic
Background: He is the first born in the family of two. His disability was family inheritance because the grandmother is physically handicapped.
Born: 1992
Sex: Male
Disability: Mentally handicapped
FAMILY BACKGROUND
He is an orphan. We do not have more information because he was rescued and brought to us and we are yet to receive his background.
PROBLEM IDENTIFIED
1. Dependence on activities of daily living.
2. Lack of Speech
Born: 2003
Sex: Female
Disability: Spartistic Cerebral Palsy
FAMILY HISTORY
She is an orphan brought up by her grand mother.
Born: 1999
Sex: Male
Disability: Cerebral palsy.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
He is the 1st born to a single mother who is unemployed. There is no history of any chronic illness in the family.
MEDICAL INFORMATION
The child was born through normal delivery, after delayed labour. The child then suffered pneumonia while 2 months old, and this led to slow development and drooling.
PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED
1. Dependance on activities of daily living.
2. Lack of speech
3. Lack of social skills
4. Unable to stand or walk.
Born: 1992
Sex: Male
Disability: Physical disability
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
He is the only child and an orphan. After the parents died he was being brought up by his grand parents.
He was growing normally but after one year, he became ill and was disabled since then.
PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED
1. Dependence in activities of daily living.
2. Inability to stand, walk and sit.
Born: 1992
Sex: Male
Disability: Mental retardation, Autism
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
He is the only child to a single mother who is unemployed and living in one of the Nairobi slums.
MEDICAL INFORMATION
He has been like this since birth. His speech is a repetition of his name or any other word that he hears being said. He is hyperactive and also lacks concentration. He is ever on the move.
PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED
1. Dependence in grooming and dressing
2. Lack of concentration
3. Mannerism i.e. sucking of four fingers.
4. Lack of social skills.
Born: 1997
Sex: Female
Disability: Mental handicapped
FAMILY BACKGROUND
She is the only child to a single mother.
She was born normally but after 2 months, she suffered from malaria which led to the disability.
PROBLEM IDENTIFIED
1. Dependence in activities of daily living.
2. Lack of Speech
Born: 1999
Disability Cerebral palsy
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
She is the 4th born in a family of 10. The other siblings are alive and okay. She was being brought up by her unemployed divorced mother.
She was born through caesarean section due to delayed labour. The child did not cry at birth hence suffered birth asphyxia.
PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED
1. Dependence in activities of daily living.
2. Lack of speech
3. Poor neck control
Born: 1980
Sex: Male
Disability: Physical Handicapped
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
He is the only child who was being brought up by his mother. Due to poverty, the mother could not meet the special needs of Sammy.
He was born through caesarian section after delayed labour which caused the child to suffer birth asphyxia. He was left physical handicapped.
PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED
1. Inability to express himself and communicate
2. Inability to walk
3. Dependence in activities of daily living.
4. He is irritable
Born: 1985
Sex: Male
Disability: Physical disability
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The child was being brought up by the mother since the father is mentally handicapped. He is a 3rd born in a family of 6 children. He is mentally retarded and does not know how to express himself. Mental retardation seems to run in the family. He is dependant in all activities of daily living except feeding. He is a slow learner. He socially fits in all groups but communication and ability to move hinders his interaction.
Born: 2000
Sex: Male
Disability: Mental retardation
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
He is the first born from a family of two and was being brought up by a single mother who is unemployed. He is dependant on activities of daily living.
Born: 2002
Sex: Male
Disability Cerebral palsy
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
He is the 1st born in a family of 2. Due to poverty in the family, they have always depended on well-wishers for their survival.
