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Disabilities in children pose a lot of challenges, fear and worries for the parents and careers of the disabled children. This study tried to find out those challenges faced by parents of disabled children while caring for them. Questionnaires designed to gather the needed information, were distributed to parents of children with disabilities who bring their children for treatment at a Federal government hospital in the eastern part of Nigeria. Same questionnaire was also filled online by parents with disabled children on a Facebook platform that goes by the name "Super Parent". Our study revealed that parenting disabled children can be very stressful as there are lots of challenges faced by parents of disabled ranging from emotional and financial stress, lack of supports, discrimination, loss of social life and others which result in psychological problems, depression, physical exhaustion and reduced quality of life.

Exercise has been shown to reduce blood pressure (BP) in hypertensive patients. However, studies reporting reduced BP from chronic exercises might disregard an acute effect exercise could have on BP. Aerobic dance is one of the commonly recommended exercises for pregnant women without complications. The study aims to determine the acute effect of aerobic dance exercise of moderate intensity, on the BP of normotensive pregnant women. Pre-test/post-test research design involving 24 pregnant women of not less than 12 weeks gestation who volunteered from among women attending antenatal clinic at the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Nigeria. The women were screened and met the inclusion criteria, had their Systolic and Diastolic blood pressures (SBP and DBP) measured before participating in an exercise. The SBP and DBP were measured again at the end of the exercise and finally after 30 min rest. Data was analysed using Repeated ANOVA. SBP changed significantly between pre-exercise and 30 min post exercise rest but not between Pre-exercise and after 30 min exercise. DBP decreased significantly from pre-exercise to 30 min post exercise rest but not between after 30 min exercise and 30 min post exercise rest. In conclusion, moderate intensity aerobic dance exercise did not precipitate adverse acute cardiovascular response. Aerobic dance may be effective in management of hypertension in pregnancy.

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