The struggles of a mother and her autistic child in Sierra Leone: “Autists are not demons” – she cries

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By Nasratu Kargbo 7 December 2010. Before cockcrow. Margaret Dumbuya and her husband sneaked out of Port Loko. She clutched their two-month-old daughter and they set off for Freetown. Reason: To save her from family members who believed that the child was an evil spirit and the cause of their hardship. They agreed she needed to be returned to the world beyond - a euphemism for killing her. Now 15,

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The struggles of a mother and her autistic child in Sierra Leone: “Autists are not demons” – she cries

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