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Witness: Sidelined in South Africa For Being Different  Photo © 2015 Human Rights Watch Ntsikelelo is small for his age, and quite a handful. One moment, the 8-year-old rolls around on the floor, the next instant he paces the room, impatiently and with big strides. The colorful picture books his mother has spread out on a low table hardly capture his attention. With a shrug he turns his back on them and walks off, shaking his head and waving his hand irritably – a gesture that seems more befitting of a cantankerous old man than a wiry child. Ntsikelelo was diagnosed with epilepsy – a neurological condition characterized by seizures - and with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder Syndrome (ADHD), which means that he is only able to concentrate for short periods of time. Both conditions are treatable. But instead of receiving extra attention to overcome his learning problems, he has – like hundreds of thousands of South African children with disabilities – been sidelined for being different and excluded from any kind of formal education for most of his young life.
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