Abstract
M.Ed.
Chapter One constitutes the heart of this study which entails
the statement of the problem, prevailing attitudes and beliefs
in the Tsonga community, attitudes and feelings of parents
whose children are handicapped. This chapter also gives
the aim, delimitation, method and plan of the study.
Chapter Two elucidates what cerebral palsy and orthopaedic
handicap are. It is a thought provoking and interesting
chapter since it gives definitions, occurrence and causes
of cerebral palsy and orthopaedic handicaps. Types of cerebral
palsy such as spasticity, athetosis, rigidity, tremor and
mixed type are clearly indicated. This also applies to
orthopaedic handicap, where handicapism
like poliomyelitis,
dwarfism, tuberculosis of the spine, amputation of a limb
or limbs, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, scoliosis, osteogenesis,
rachitis, kwashiorkor and congenital deformities
are discussed in detail. Cerebral palsy and orthopaedic
handicap occur during four different stages, i. e. pre-natal,
para-natal,neo-natal and post-natal stages .
Chapter Three gives the traditional attitudes of the Tsonga
communi ty towards cerebral palsied and orthopaedically handicapped
children. The chapter first elucidates terms which
also constitute the heart of this dissertation. It highlights
the treatment of handicapped children by the ancient Greeks,
Romans, Hebrews, and also the Sothos, Zulus and Tsongas...