Parents of autistic children plead for kindness
The Eastern Cape recorded 3000 child abuse cases in 2024/2025.
READ: Autism awareness month | Autism in the workplace
eNCA's Nceba Ntlanganiso reports that the province's Social Development MEC, Bukiwe Fanta, is calling for more protection and prevention efforts.
Yolande Nkosi, mother of 22-year-old JR Nkosi, who has autism, calls for greater community understanding and education about autism, drawing from her own experience of receiving his diagnosis when he was 3.
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