Love without Boundaries with Bukola Ayinde: Homeschooling Your Special Needs Child

Homeschooling or home education can be defined as the education of children outside a school setting. This simply means that a child does not attend a regular school, but a parent or teacher teaches the child at home. In the case of a family with a special needs child, this means that the child is not attending a special school or a mainstream school. Rather, the child is being taught either by a teacher or the parent.
In my opinion, which is in line with Alliance for Inclusive Education UK, the best schooling environment for a special needs child is in the mainstream setting. However, there are instances where this may not be possible or where the child’s potentials are not fully harnessed in the mainstream school that is available.

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#The25Series: Get to Know Zuriel Oduwole, the 16 Year Old Filmmaker & Girl Education Advocate Changing the World

At the beginning of 2018, BellaNaija started a series – The 25 Series –  to shine the spotlight on excellent young individuals under the age of 25 (at the time we had a chat with them), who are influencing and disrupting the world of entrepreneurship, leadership, governance, pop culture, corporate world, arts, and sports.

With 25 questions (or less), this column seeks to dig into how these individuals think, work and live, particularly in an era where business and relationship models are changing rapidly.

For our October feature, we speak to Zuriel Oduwole, the 16-year old filmmaker and girl child advocate who is changing the world.

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Your Better Self with Akanna: Please Don’t Give Me Your Advice

Last weekend, a friend of mine turned 30.  To celebrate the milestone, his wife invited a large number of us to brunch at their place.  It was a very nice time.  Good food – very good food actually, good conversations, and a good time to catch up on one another’s lives.

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Mojire Agbetunsin: You will Cry But You will Try Again! Here Are Some Tips for Adulthood

Growing up, almost all of us could not wait to be adults. It was like, “I can’t wait to be grown, living in my own apartment, doing whatever I want to do,” and things like that. We believed adulthood was ultimate freedom, ignorant of all the other things being an adult meant.

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From Double Amputation at 12 to Bagging a PhD: Here’s Vitalis Lanshima’s Story | WATCH

At age 12, in 1989, Vitalis Lanshima was involved in an electrocution incident while hold the crossbar for his high jump training.

To save his life, doctors had to amputate him, cutting off his hands from the elbows.

Everything changed. Life became more difficult. But he was determined to live his best life with his current situation.

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This 14-year Old Kenyan Singer isn’t Letting Hydrocephalus Stop Her!

Angel was born with a congenital disorder called hydrocephalus.

But she’s overcome her health problems and is now pursuing her dream of becoming a musician.

At just 14, she’s produced her first album and is doing well in school.

She spoke to BBC What’s New‘s Christine.

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