Joy Through Home Therapy: The Story of James Lumisa
James and a SMU Volunteer take a 'walk' during a home visit Physio and Occupational therapy are an important aspect of Stars Ministry Uganda's (SMU) mission of reaching people with disabilities and their families . It is one of the avenues where the needs of people with disabilities, including their need for God, are being met. Through home physio & occupational therapy programming, SMU has reached out to James, putting a little smile on his face. James was born with, and lives with multiple disabilities. He lives with an elderly single mother, in the Kirombe slum near Luzira, in Kampala. James is crippled in both legs and hands; he cannot walk, crawl, and neither can he feed himself or perform the activities of daily living independently . He can only sit and lie down in one place. He communicates through different signals that only the people close to him are able to interpret. James’ kind of disability is the kind which requires an available caretaker twenty-fou