Country Checkpoint

Thinking about your own local context, what could be alternative models to the following practices?

• Placing in orphanages children with disabilities or orphaned as a result of infectious diseases such as malaria and HIV/AIDS; what is a community-based alternative?
• Keeping children with disabilities at home and out of schools because of fears of abuse or inaccessible schools; what options exist for tackling isolation from the community and schooling?
• Separating adults with mental disabilities in isolated camps or psychiatric hospitals with little or no support: what is a community-based alternative?