For a special child, you spend double or three times of the amount you spend on a normal child. The humungous cost may account for one of the reasons many poor Nigerian parents abandoned their children with special needs. “Out of the 10 special children currently at the home, two of them have autism while one has cerebral palsy. “Everything the child needs is by crying and one needs to figure out what the problem is. There are also special needs grants to parents whose children have special needs.

Source: Punch August 07, 2020 23:48 UTC