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No Returns: Special Education In Sierra Leone, Abigail Adele Richett
No Returns: Special Education In Sierra Leone, Abigail Adele Richett
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When I applied to travel to Sierra Leone in 2018, it was with the intent of researching special education in Freetown. In my mind, this meant researching schools and special services in a Sierra Leonean context. I had traveled to Sierra Leone twice before in 2013 and 2016, and I was aware that the school systems in Sierra Leone are a work in progress. Due to many factors, including the Civil War (1991-2002) and the more recent Ebola epidemic (2014-2016), the country is working to rebuild and develop its school system ("Sierra Leone Profile- Timeline," 2018). In 2015, 27% of …