http://www.unicef.org/evaldatabase/index_14427.html done by UNICEF 2001, examined attitudes and beliefs on disability in Zimbabwe. The results indicated that  some relatives saw the birth of a child with a disability as a taboo that brought bad omen to the family. As a result, they did not want be to associated with the situation. When probed to explain further during group discussions, the caregivers noted that family members came to their support if there were family rituals being performed that would cleanse the child with the disability, thus removing the bad omen. This suggested family members were supportive of not the child with the disability, but rather the desire to eliminate the disability itself.

Caregivers, especially the mothers, had to carry the child on their backs. As the children grew older and bigger, it became very difficult for the mothers to carry the children around- hence the need for wheelchairs. Most of these children did not have wheelchairs in their homes and their caregivers did not have the money to buy the wheelchairs.