The cost of raising child with disability

“It is expensive to raise a child with a disability. For instance, my 18-year-old child requires a special diet and frequent hospital visits to Nalufenya Children’s Hospital because of the seizures,” Mulindwa says.

Vujicic (centre) with children with disabilities during the launch of the Beyond the Canvas initiative at the Reach A Hand headquarters in Lungujja, Kampala on Monday (May 18). (Credit: Juliet Kasirye)