State avers that it has enhanced the public participation of PWA by appointing them to diplomatic positions. 122. According to the Respondent State, the Association of Disabled Persons has played a central role in shaping legislation and policy. In this regard, it contends that the Association has played a major role in shaping the lives children, youth and adult with disabilities. 123. In terms of awareness raising, the Respondent State submits that it celebrates the International Albinism Awareness Day, on 13 June every year. According to the Respondent State, on the afore-mentioned day, it sensitizes the public on issues of albinism where high level of governmental officials deliver key messages to rally against discrimination of PWA. 124. Furthermore, the Respondent State contends that it has combatted discriminatory practices by undertaking sensitization activities to raise awareness on the rights of PWA through public and private media on a daily basis. 125. The amici curiae submit that albinism is a disability that causes PWA to suffer barriers to social integration and exclusion from mainstream life owing to forms of discrimination within society. Furthermore, that the social barriers have an adverse impact on PWA who seek medical treatment and maternal healthcare along with a detrimental effect on their psychosocial health. 126. The amici further contend that discrimination in the Respondent State has led to children with albinism dropping out of school as a result of bullying and harassment and that failure to implement reasonable accommodation in the education system in the form of providing assistive devices, particularly to assist PWA with vision impairments has exacerbated their impediment in accessing education. 30