Year: 2015
Welcome!
The UWI Network and Outreach for Disability Education and Sensitization (NODES) and the Disability Studies Unit (DSU), UWI, St Augustine, hosted its inaugural international conference at the Learning Resource Centre (LRC) on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 April 2015.… Read the rest “Welcome!”
Empowering Persons With Disabilities Through Sport
Mon May 11 2015 Anand Rampersad
Published by Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
It was very enlightening that Sport formed part of the discussions entitled “Towards Social Integration: Rights, Roles, Recognition of persons with Disabilities” hosted by the Network and Outreach for Disability Education and Sensitization (NODES) and the Disability Studies Unit, UWI April 23rd-24th at the UWI, St.… Read the rest “Empowering Persons With Disabilities Through Sport”
A Disabled Person’s View Point
Anton La Fond
May 10th, 2015
Read Anton La Fond’s “A Disabled Person’s View Point” in this article from the TNT Mirror.
Legal Rights For Disabled Persons
In this Sunday Newsday article, Dr Jean Antoine Dunne, NODES Chairperson, writes about legal rights for the disabled.
Sunday 3 May 2015 Jean Antoine-Dunne
Published by Trinidad and Tobago NEWSDAY
I met several of the persons who had participated in the University of the West Indies conference, Towards Social Integration.… Read the rest “Legal Rights For Disabled Persons”
Talking Hands And The Long Arm Of The Law
Read Gerard Best’s article “Talking hands and the long arm of the law” which interviews NODES committee member, Dr Ben Braithwaite.… Read the rest “Talking Hands And The Long Arm Of The Law”
Mrs Reema Carmona “Persistent Advocacy”
The Sunday Newsday summarises the remarks made by Mrs Reema Carmona, wife of Trinidad and Tobago’s President Anthony Carmona, in this article
Sunday 26 April 2015 Sean Douglas
Published by Trinidad and Tobago NEWSDAY
Reema Carmona, wife of President Anthony Carmona, on Friday night bemoaned the theft of an autism awareness banner that she had erected at the Bandstand near President’s House, St Ann’s, but hoped the fact of it having to be constantly replaced would send a signal of the need for persistence in the advocacy for persons with disabilities.… Read the rest “Mrs Reema Carmona “Persistent Advocacy””
Leading The Charge
Leading The Charge
NODES host landmark disability conference
April 2015 Jean Antoine-Dunne
Over the years many individuals have made efforts to change the mind-set and the structures of Trinidad society in relation to disability.… Read the rest “Leading The Charge”