St. John's College: Fighting Stigma--and a Language Barrier--in Kyrgyzstan
November 30, 2023
November 30, 2023
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 30 -- St. John's College issued the following news:
Zeinep Ibragim Kyzy's (A24) Projects for Peace grant proposal was personal: her 14-year-old brother, Urmat, has autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and knowledge of the neurological disorder is scarce--and stigma rampant--in her home country of Kyrgyzstan. One contributing factor for this is a lack of educational literature in the Kyrgyz language; typically it is in Russian, which is spoken primarily by an eli . . .
Zeinep Ibragim Kyzy's (A24) Projects for Peace grant proposal was personal: her 14-year-old brother, Urmat, has autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and knowledge of the neurological disorder is scarce--and stigma rampant--in her home country of Kyrgyzstan. One contributing factor for this is a lack of educational literature in the Kyrgyz language; typically it is in Russian, which is spoken primarily by an eli . . .