Every born being has a disability

 To say disability is not inability is a true reality in life. Human beings shall never believe that they are disabled in a way as they expect a disabled person to be handicapped either not able to walk, see or hear.

 The truth whether you agree or disagree is that we all have disabilities but only that the disability is not hindering us from performing normal tasks such as cooking and cleaning.

Have you ever heard that inability to understand basic arithmetic concepts such as fractions and whole numbers or having problems with motor tasks such as breaking things and inability to organize oneself is a type of disability?

Learning disability is a classification that includes several areas of functioning in which a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner, usually caused by an unknown factors. Given the "difficulty learning in a typical manner", this does not exclude the ability to learn in a different manner. Therefore, some people can be more accurately described as having a "Learning Difference", thus avoiding any misconception of being disabled with a lack of ability to learn and possible negative stereotyping.

However, many children have difficulty with reading, writing, or other learning-related tasks at some point, but this does not mean they have learning disabilities. A child with a learning disability often has several related signs, and these persist over time. The signs of learning disabilities vary from person to person.

While learning disability, learning disorder and learning difficulty are often used interchangeably, they differ in many ways. Disorder refers to significant learning problems in an academic area. These problems, however, are not enough to warrant an official diagnosis. Learning disability on the other hand, is an official clinical diagnosis, whereby the individual meets certain criteria, as determined by a professional.
ENDS...MARY

Need to stay healthy in this cold season

Recent weather changes across the country have left many wondering on what to do in order to avoid catching cold and other related diseases.

According to research done earlier, colds result from infection with a virus which mainly affect nose and throat.

Cold symptoms begin with throat discomfort or sore throat. The symptoms are followed by clear watery nasal discharge, sneezing, fatigue and at times slight fever. It is understood that post nasal drip from your nose and sinuses can cause a cough.

The first days of a cold nose can be filled with watery nasal secretions. The secretion may become thicker and darker. Dark mucus does not necessarily mean you have developed bacterial infection.

It is wise to call a doctor once you experience fever, increased weakness, pain when swallowing and coughing up greater amounts of yellow and green coloured mucus.

Research shows good hygiene can decrease viral infections such as colds and prevent the spread of cold viruses by making sure you and your family members wash your hands regularly with detergents even after coughing.

Digging into a comrades' pocket

At times I get irritated with the perception the society out their have on campus student. Am not being biased but the truth must be weighed in order to determine who is digging into comrades' pocket.

Last week while traveling from home to school, I met this man at stage entrance and offered to lift my luggage into the bus stage. The guy on arrival demanded sh50 for his services. To me it sounded so awkward only that I did not want to be rude to him, I told him I had sh 20. The guy kept on insisting to be given sh 50 but at last settled on sh 20.

This incident reminded me of Mary my hairdresser a month ago when I visited her salon for my hair dressing. She had narrated to me on how campus life used to be luxurious some years back when students had money to change hair styles on weekly basis and dispose their belongings such as basins, mattresses, shoes and electronic gadgets at the end of every semester only to buy new ones on reopening.

According to Mary, the business used to be lucrative due to student money and led a comfortable life, "During that time, I could plait several students with the amount of money I demand without the negotiation but nowadays things have changed, they bargain up to the last coin sticking unto their amount," Mary reiterated.

Mary said the business has gone down recently as students prefer styling their hair after every month or two due to economic hurdles they are undergoing due to reduced HELB loan deposited into their accounts unlike in the past when they used to receive huge amounts enough to buy a car in two years. Gone are the days when student leaders could drive vehicles outdoing their lecturers.

The big challenge that students face is the way outsiders view them as income earners to a point of raising the living standards in the surrounding environment. What disgusts most is the fact that residential rooms in stage goes at sh 3,500 to 8,000 per month. This is mining from a comrades pocket as they do not have choice as the university can not accommodate all the students within university premises.

When you touch the heart of expired person you get poisoned

I never new the meaning of the phrase an expired person is poisonous can be practical in the real world until I met a person who made me feel upset and demoralized. I had to blame myself for being blind to an extent of not realizing whom I was dealing with.