By Own Correspondent| Addressing delegates at an International Day for People Living with Disability function in Kadoma recently, Mary Mliswa revealed that figures of the disabled used by Government could be understated as some parents hide their disabled children due to stigma.

Mliswa, who is Zanu Pf’s Hurungwe West legislator said there is need for government to reach out to such families through a door to door research.

She said:

“Some of the statistics that you have might not be correct because a lot of people are hiding their disabled children or relatives.

Government is offering many programs for those living with disabilities, but there is need for the Social Welfare Department from provincial down to district level to set up groups in wards that will move at each household assisting people with disabilities.

So we want a situation whereby you go door by door gathering the correct information while working with local leadership. These cases are rampant in rural areas.”