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Mansoor partners with various donors to fund tailored rehabilitation plans covering physiotherapy, speech therapy, education, and nutritional support for the children.
According to Mansoor, securing funding for neurodevelopmental disorders remains difficult because progress is slow and hard to measure.
"These kinds of disabilities are often treated like a curse, a contagious disease or a result of witchcraft.
This is what I am fighting against," Mansoor says.
Naseerah's mother, Halima Ovosi, shares similar experiences of facing public judgment and being labeled a bad mother when she goes out with her 11-year-old daughter.
While specialized schools and advocacy networks are more accessible in southern Nigeria, especially Lagos, northern regions like Plateau State have very few resources.
Mansoor hopes her continued advocacy will push the government to implement structured policies, including inclusive schooling, subsidized medical care, and caregiver counseling.
"We want a situation where they can take care of themselves by themselves, to whatever extent they can," Mansoor says.
"If we can keep going out like this, and our voices are being heard, we change the narrative.
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Then the stigma and myth about Down's syndrome and other disabilities being a result of witchcraft will not only stop but will die completely," Mansoor says.
