Are families with autistic children considered outcasts in communities? Can you expand on that?

Instruction: Can you please one to two sentences to the following questions:

1. In the Africa Renewal article, you mention there is no data on the number of autistic children in Liberia — is that still the case? Is anyone trying to track this data?
This is link: https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/august-november-2019/how-i-set-liberia%E2%80%99s-first-school-autistic-children
2. Are families with autistic children considered outcasts in communities? Can you expand on that?
3. Can you expand on autism being associated with witchcraft, curses, etc. in Liberia?
4. Have you had buy-in from the government and other institutions for your program? What challenges and/or support have you received along this journey thus far?
5. You talk about misconceptions around autism in Liberia…what are some of the common beliefs about autism that you are hoping to change the narrative around?
5. Do you know families with autistic children who would be willing to talk about that dynamic in their community? Yes

6.Do you still deliver radio broadcasts in Monrovia about your program’s work? Will you be delivering a broadcast in the near future? Not now but any time I want to use the radio to talk about Autism I have a radio station I can use. Capital FM In Monrovia.
7. Are you still actively training teachers, social workers and therapists to learn how to work with autistic children? How often does this occur, and would we be able to capture an example of this training on camera? We did the RTB training but will soon start the training again soon still looking for funding. I can do the training if you want to capture it on the camera.

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