Civil society organizations advocating for the rights of disabled children wants a penalty to be put in the children’s act for parents who neglect their disabled children. The civil societies for the disabled are gathering views which they will take to the gender committee of parliament which is currently looking at the children amendment bill.

Dolorence Were, Executive Director Uganda Society for Disabled Children, says that as organizations working with disabled children they have realized that many parents do not want to associate with their disabled children.
The advocate also calls for special allowances of teachers for special needs because the disabled children they handle learn at a slower pace than others.