The State is legally obligated to implement the UNCRPD document, which was signed and ratified by Trinidad & Tobago.
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The absence of laws creates a lacuna where you have no redress and no avenue for enforcement.
Ria Mohammed-Davidson describes the current laws that exist to support children or persons with disabilities needs in Trinidad and Tobago
Ultimately it is the beauty of the soul that is the real teacher.
School to me is a place where I can socialize, as well as a sanctuary where my worries are (mostly) trivialized. To not be able to visit this place at all was truly...
That’s the gap we’re missing: Music, art, sport – these are the areas many children with ADHD excel in. In the school system, there's little room for children to explore...
The newer social model for persons with disabilities supports full inclusion. I want to be able to break down barriers.
Lee-Ann has been to physiotherapy, developmental specialists, speech therapy and the latest (briefly) occupational therapy. All of this was done out of pocket as the...
For two months my OBGYN knew I had a dead foetus in my womb, yet saw it fit for me to go to the facility every day for those two months to retrieve specimens of blood.
"Will my children grow into self-sustaining, independent, productive and beautiful humans?" - Lyra Thompson-Hollingsworth.