P a g e | 46 Community based organizations such as Lesotho National Federation of Organisations for the Disabled (LNFOD) and Intellectual Disability Association Lesotho (IDAL) advocate for the rights of people with disabilities. They also attempt to educate and sensitise communities on the realities, rather than myths about people with disabilities. They accomplish this through community meetings called Pitso's, and radio and television programs. Interpreters and signers assisting on television and at public events are now more common. Of all children survey as part of the Situational Analysis of VC 2011, 1.9% had an identifiable physical (1.4%) or mental disability (0.5%), while 10% were thought to have a learning disability. Progress There have been a limited number of newly built schools which have been designed under the Building Control Act (1995) with ramps for better accessibility for children who use wheelchairs and other disability aids. The Department of Disability within MoSD in 2013 advocated for quota's in employment of people with Disabilities. There were a number of sizeable employers in manufacturing and government who pledged to employ a designated number in 2014, the results of which remains to be seen. Numbers of persons with disabilities are still relatively low in employment in the formal sector. The Disability Equity Bill was drafted in 2013. It is currently before parliament and should be passed into legislation early 2014. Difficulties The allocation of national budget resources to people with disabilities is relatively low. Employer opinions towards people with disabilities are also low. A severe lack of training and understanding of children with disabilities and their needs means that teachers are not sufficiently equipped to have children attend mainstream classes. If the school in the local area does not have any teacher trained in managing disabilities, children are turned away from school and deprived of education, despite their legislatively protected rights. Even where accepted into mainstream schools, children are neglected by teachers who are not sufficiently skilled to deal with the child’s needs. Physical access to services is an enormous hindrance to progress in the disability sector. Schools are often far away from villages, if not in other Districts entirely. There are more often than not no ramps to schools, government buildings or community clinics. Despite the Building Control Act being almost 20 years old, it is only now that there is funding for school buildings with features to improve access for children with disabilities. The topography of Lesotho does not allow for easy movement of ordinary wheelchairs. Documents are very rarely in Braille and Braille readers are expensive and reserved for a few in high-end government employment.