Friday, January 9, 2015

Why Are We Not Highlighted Like The Senior Citizens?

I am a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago who just happens to be Differently Abled. For the the past few years, I have noticed that our politicians always mention the Senior Citizens in their speeches. In the Prime Minister's statement on falling oil prices, the Senior Citizens was mentioned but the Differently Abled was not and my question is why. Why are we not highlighted like the Senior Citizens? Is it the fact that we are a small community whose votes are not necessary to put a political party into office? Do not even think about saying that we are included in the most vulnerable category because I will not accept that answer and neither should anyone else in the Differently Abled community.
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  1. UnknownJanuary 9, 2015 at 9:58 AM

    84,000 elderly persons getting the Senior Citizens' Pension, the Disabled/ Differently Abled community is a considerably smaller population... This is an election year... numbers = votes...

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  2. UnknownJanuary 9, 2015 at 12:49 PM

    We get no discounts at restaurants, they get a pension, many of them. We can't have food stamps in certain states. This tells me I have no worth, no value, go starve. Thank you for speaking up. When you get right down and count us all, we are a majority, and it's high time things change. Phoenixa Sol

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