In a conversation with the Chairman of Special Olympics Trinidad and Tobago, Mrs. Candy Berment-Harper, she said “our athletes compete at International Games, they bring home Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.” We thought but how could this be? How is it that no one knows about this? We didn’t know this. Special Olympics Trinidad and […]
Life is a privilege gifted to souls. Love is a privilege gifted to life. Life in the flesh is a privilege that comes with many challenges. The greatest of them is Love. Unless you have a personal connection, special needs or disability, is an abstraction. Even with our oil and gas revenues, Government after Government […]
The September Project is Cause An Effect’s official, annual fundraiser and awareness event. It takes the form of a long distance relay run, usually 30k and a 2k wrap-up walk around the Queens Park Savannah, in the month of September. The word run applies to humans in many different contexts. We run away from worries […]
Originally published in the Trinidad Express , March 05, 2018 I got into the business of special children almost by mistake. In 1975 I was in the middle of paediatric training in Baltimore, Maryland. As one of the paediatric residents at Baltimore City Hospitals, I had to periodically cover the Maryland State Hospital that took […]
CONTINUE READING →Originally published in the Trinidad Express , February 26, 2018 You know sometimes when you wish you didn’t feel so socially awkward? Yup! That’s me. My name is Rowan Nicholas McEwen, and I have this condition called Autism. It does not mean I am mentally ill or anything. It just means that my brain is […]
CONTINUE READING →Originally published in the Trinidad Express , February 19, 2018 The sound of pain which echoed in the small space we were allowed to dwell and the smell of industrial disinfectant caused my heart to race. In my mind I wished for a quick delivery, a healthy baby and a strong and happy mom. That […]
CONTINUE READING →Originally published in the Trinidad Express , February 05, 2018 I was born hearing into a single parent home in Sangre Grande. My mom worked hard to support her seven children. One month after my seventh birthday, I contracted meningitis and was rushed to the hospital. I can remember my uncle saying, “This boy dead […]
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