What we talked about:
- The practice of placing children with disabilities in institutions in Armenia.
- According to statistics from 2016, about 70% of children placed in institutions have a disability.
- Importance of retraining healthcare professionals who would assist parents of children with a disability at the maternity ward
- The Armenian government's role in assisting parents of children with disabilities.
- Services provided for children with disabilities are mostly concentrated in Yerevan.
- Paradigm shift towards disability throughout the world - Armenia still needs to catch up to that shift.
- Recommendations to the sector working with children with disabilities and their families.
