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Egypt activists challenge mental disability stigma

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AFP English

1 Views • Aug 01, 2017

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Ghada Tosson waits anxiously outside an Egyptian high school in the Helwan district south of Cairo as her daughter with Down's syndrome sits her end-of-year exam. Winning the chance to even sit standard high school tests took years of fighting in a country where people with mental disabilities are often marginalised and receive little assistance.