Three Years Later

I am sitting here wondering what advancement has been made to improve the lives of Persons with Disabilities in the last three years, I cannot say that there have been much. We are still the forgotten/ignored community. Imagine, our Government still holds press conferences without a Sign Language interpreter, the Chatham Community Centre among other public facilities are still not fully wheelchair accessible and nobody gives a..... disability about it.

Chatham Community Centre empty elevator shaft

The Chatham Community Centre was officially opened in May, 2015 with an empty elevator shaft. Two years later, I still need to be lifted up the stairs in order to access the auditorium which is on the second floor because the elevator is yet to be installed. Our previous Government ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in June, 2015 (two months before the General Election) which states: The CRPD prohibits disability discrimination against someone with a disability in a wide range of life activities, including, but not limited to: Access to premises used by the public. For example, using libraries, places of worship, government offices and courts, hospitals, restaurants, shops, cinemas, COMMUNITY CENTRES, or other premises used by the public. Our present Government does not give the impression that it will have the elevator installed. When a country elects a new Government it is because a majority of its people wants a change in policies, not just a change in faces.

Let's Fix This

Trinidad and Tobago has a crime problem, good citizens are considering migrating. Migrate to where? To Mars? If you populate Mars, there will be crime on Mars. Migrating will not solve any of our problems. We can fix this. Let's fix this!!!

The Convention states

I attended Learie Joseph and Friends in Concert at the Chatham Community Centre last Saturday night, I counted approximately six persons using walking aids and one in a wheelchair. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities states: The CRPD prohibits disability discrimination against someone with a disability in a wide range of life activities, including, but not limited to: Access to premises used by the public. For example, using libraries, places of worship, government offices and courts, hospitals, restaurants, shops, cinemas, COMMUNITY CENTRES, or other premises used by the public. Install it.

Rest in peace Beverly Jackson

I met Beverly Jackson through Marcia Henville, from the day I became friends with Beverly I felt her passion. She was the founder of the Miss T&T Differently-Abled Queen Show. I enjoyed helping her with the show and just chatting with her.. Rest in peace Beverly Jackson

Winston Peters

My 2015 Year In Review

My first newspaper article was published on January 8. My Equal Treatment for Differently Abled People facebook fan page got its first endorsement on February 19. My Equal Treatment for Differently Abled People facebook fan page crossed sixteen thousand (16,000) on June 4. I went on my first holiday without my mother on October 31.