Sorry, I haven't had much time to post in the last week or so. I know you've been looking for a new post.

The Haitians are pretty rough on their disabled children. Disabled children are know as cocobai's, which roughly translates to worthless, or disgrace. Disabilities are also seen as contagious, so the parent of a disabled child will try to hide him/her as much as possible. Sometimes the family will just simply abandon the child on a doorstep. Other times, the father of the child will go and find another wife to prove that it wasn't his fault that the child was born with a disability. As a result, many disabled children are raised by single mothers.

If you're happen to be interested in Haiti culture, this is a fabulous monogram about it. http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/culture/monographs/haiti.php