| dc.description.abstract | Often a number of questions are always posed on how the
law treats the people with special needs, in the presence of
equality provisions, it is absurd that there is still a wide lacuna
to deal with people with special needs in our jurisprudence.
Special Needs literally means a combination term referring to
a wide range of conditions which causes a greater difficulty or
restriction in a person’s learning at a normal pace and
performance of daily life activities. Like the U.N puts it clear
that “The ultimate goal is to achieve [disability]
equality”1The ongoing argument succumbs its roots from
the different categories of special needs which include
autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, dyslexia, dyscalculia,
dyspraxia, dysgraphia, blindness, deafness, ADHD, and
cystic fibrosis. Basically these individuals require assistance
for “ disabilities” (not the right word) that may be medical,
mental, or psychological. In the United States "special needs"
is a legal term applying in foster care, derived from the
language in the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997. It is
a diagnosis used to classify children as needing "more" services
than those children without special needs who are in the foster care system. It is a diagnosis based on behavior,
childhood and family history, and is usually made by a health
care professional.
If you are a lawyer who enjoys entertainment Legal drama
you must have loved and enjoyed the movie of Extraordinary
Attorney Woo a 2022 South Korean television Serie. Young
Attorney Woo Young Woo was a young lawyer with
Asperger's syndrome. This is also seen as an aspect of Autism.
She had a high IQ, an impressive memory and a wonderfully
creative thought process, but she struggled with everyday
interactions because of how people in the society treat those
with special needs. Despite her good grades and best at Law
School, she had failed to get a law firm to employ her.
In Uganda we have had people of that character who have
managed to excel and even become great professionals like
lawyers for example Florence Ndagire a female Ugandan
lawyer, who works as a legal researcher and human rights
lawyer at the United Nations (UN) based in Geneva,
Switzerland. Ndagire, who is totally blind, also serves as the
chairperson of the UN Women Regional Group, for Eastern
and Southern Africa, comprising twelve countries. She is the
first visually impaired person, male or female to qualify and
receive licensure as a lawyer in Uganda. | en_US |
