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Parents, Caregivers Encouraged to Test Children for Disabilities

‘Delay is danger,’ that is the word from the Director of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s Early Stimulation Programme (ESP), Antonica Gunter Gayle. She is imploring caretakers to get children tested for disabilities as soon as any irregularity in their behaviour is observed.  Enrolment in the early stimulation programme ESP, and associated facilities for

Young children with various types of developmental disabilities have increased post the coronavirus pandemic. Director at ESP, Antonica Gunter Gayle, is imploring caregivers to get their child tested for disabilities once an abnormality is detected, adding delay is danger. Once a disability is identified, Gunter Gayle says the student can then enroll in early. Stimulation education unit, available in Kingston, Portland, and St James. For children unable to enroll, she says they may benefit from ESP’s mobile intervention unit and community initiatives. Watch the report:

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