Child Protection Month | Parents of autistic children plead for kindness

GQEBERHA - As Child Protection Month kicked off in Gqeberha, parents of autistic children are appealing for kindness and understanding.

The Eastern Cape recorded 3000 child abuse cases in 2024/2025.

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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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