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Monica Sunguna

Monica Sunguna.

| Evans Habil | Nation Media Group

Extraordinary motherhood: Why special needs parents have something special

Award-winning poet Heather Lanier recently wrote about the pressure the society puts on parents with special needs children ‘to perform happiness’.

In an article, she explores the challenges of a friend whose child has a chromosomal disorder.