My New Facebook Fan Page

I deleted my facebook fan page by mistake so if you were a fan of my Equal Treatment For Disabled People facebook fan page. You need to join my new Equal Treatment For Differently Abled People fan page and you can do this by searching Equal Treatment For Differently Abled People or simply click on the link situated on the right of the first post and on the right of every other post you open.

New Title

I decided to change the title of my blog from Equal Treatment For Disabled People to Equal Treatment For Differently Abled People because I don't think of myself as being a disabled man but a differently abled man

My 2010 Year In Review

My year was filled with life changing decisions and experiences. On the 19th of February I decided to become a blogger. Since I needed somewhere to promote my blog, on the 28th of April I decided to create a facebook fan page called Equal Treatment for Disabled People. Well, creating this fan page was one of the best decisions that I've ever made. On the 4th of September I went to the United States for the first time. I had a great time while I was in the United States. Although 2010 was one of the best years of my life, I can't wait to see what 2011 has in store for me.

Going No Where Fast

Year after year we observe the International Day of Persons with Disabilities but what's the point? No, really, what is the point in observing a day when we still need to do something which some Typically Abled persons think is incredible like getting into a university in Trinidad and Tobago and coming out successful. Getting into a university is a great achievement for anyone. Differently Abled or Typically Abled, until we realise this, we won't be making any progress.

Boosting Our Tourism Sector

The Government of Trinidad and Tobago is always speaking about boosting our tourism sector. Well, I have some advice for the Government. Make our sidewalks easier for our visitors who are wheelchair users to access and this will boost our tourism sector. Buy buses which can transport our visitors who are wheelchair users along with their family and/or friends and this will boost our tourism sector. Install traffic lights which beep when they turn green so our blind visitors can cross the streets independently and this will boost our tourism sector. Make sure that our visitors who are wheelchair users can access our public buildings and this will boost our tourism sector.

Parliament Not Wheelchair Ready

If you are a wheelchair user in Trinidad and Tobago and you are considering getting into politics to get into parliament, you may want to reconsider doing so because the home of the Trinidad and Tobago parliament is not wheelchair accessible. Imagine that, the country’s parliament is not wheelchair accessible.

My Budget Response

As I said in one of my previous posts, if you are silent for too long in Trinidad and Tobago people tend to forget and neglect you. On the 8th of September the Government of Trinidad and Tobago announced its 2010 - 2011 National Budget and not one word was mentioned about the differently abled community. I read the budget yesterday and I did not even see the words disabled, differently abled or handicapped. I think that the National Budget should have been called the National Budget for able bodied people because it surely was not a National Budget for differently abled people.