On Saturday, 8 August 2026, at the third workshop, the Persons With Disabilities Project (PWD) stepped up to deliver the legal foundations of inclusive and accessible justice for persons with neuro-developmental disabilities.

Dense legal concepts were broken down to allow attendees to understand. Inside PWD’s presentation, justice was painted simply as fairness, dignity, and equality; safeguarding was reframed as everyone’s responsibility- families, caregivers, professionals, and communities alike- protecting against abuse, neglect, and exploitation before harm occurs. Neurodevelopmental disabilities were explained not as limitations but as diverse ways of experiencing the world, with the reminder that every person has equal worth and the right to participate fully in society.

The workshop was anchored on intersectional analyses; an occupational therapist, building on PWD’s legal underpinnings of inclusive justice, provided insights into the science of sensory processing, explaining that beyond the five core senses, we also rely on vestibular (balance), proprioceptive (body awareness), and interoceptive (internal signals like hunger and pain) senses. The core idea outlined in this segment was that behaviour is communication.

A clinical psychologist from Chiromo Hospital Group wrapped up the workshop with 4Cs: control, commitment, challenge, and connection. Mental health and resilience are the drivers of realising potential, coping with life’s stresses, and contributing to the community, with the capacity to adapt and recover from adversity. 

Justice, senses, discipline, and resilience- four different lenses pointed at the same goal. Children and adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities deserve to be seen, protected, and heard in the courtroom, the classroom, and everywhere in between, and by the end of the day, Orione’s community was left with the tools to make that real.

Written by

Ashley Ndinda