Liberia, Aug. 5 -- Families describe raising children with severe disabilities with little to no support, amid stigma that claims their children are cursed. A pediatric neurologist says nine in every ten cerebral palsy cases seen at JFK Hospital result from oxygen deprivation during labor - largely preventable when birth occurs in a medical facility.

The National Commission on Disabilities estimates roughly one million Liberians live with disabilities, but it only has funds to help 5,000 people. An American missionary family with their only special needs child has inspired a peer support group that shares lifechanging knowledge and hope. By Tetee Gebro, gender and health correspondent with New Narratives

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