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Published 8 May 2021
Douglas Izuchukwu is a deaf rights advocate and a student of University of Ilorin, Kwara State. The 22-year-old special educator tells ALEXANDER OKERE about his passion for the inclusion of persons living with disabilities in society
As an advocate, why are you passionate about the education of the deaf and their inclusion?
If you go to Wikipedia, you will see the definition of “deaf education” which is the education of students with any degree of hearing loss or deafness which addresses their differences and individual needs. You will as well see the process involved. The education of the deaf in Nigeria needs to be fixed in such a systematic way that it would address the specific needs of deaf students. That is what I’m passionate about. I know some schools for the deaf where some teachers have no knowledge of sign language. Where teachers have no skills required to educate deaf students and they still work there, how best c