By Dr. Jean Antoine-Dunne
Autism is frightening because it hits at the heart of what we consider to be most valuable in our society: the gift of reciprocal relationships, the capacity to communicate with each other, to share relationships and affection, to understand each other and to be understood.… Read the rest “Autism: A Spectrum of Potential”
Monday 16 July 2018 Jean Antoine – Dunne
Published by Trinidad and Tobago NEWSDAY
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‘There are now mechanisms in Trinidad and Tobago that allow people who are blind or visually impaired to uncover their true potential’
DR JEAN ANTOINE-DUNNE
THEY SAID it was the “power of love” and certainly few thought it was truly possible.… Read the rest “Mission Possible”
Monday 19th February 2018 Jean Antoine-Dunne
THE GENERAL Synod of the Church of England has voted unanimously on a motion put forward by the Bishop of Carlisle that people with Down syndrome should be valued.… Read the rest “Valuing People With Down Syndrome”
Sunday 4 February 2018. Jean Antoine-Dunne
Published by Trinidad and Tobago NEWSDAY
“THE CAPACITY to live with difference” is the “coming question of the 21st century” said the late Jamaican cultural theorist and critic Stuart Hall in 1993.… Read the rest “All Ah We Is Not One”
Sunday 21 January 2018. Jean Antoine-Dunne
Published by Trinidad and Tobago NEWSDAY
Recently I spoke to two disability advocates about the issues still surrounding those with disabilities in Trinidad.… Read the rest “Changing Attitudes About Disabilities”
Monday 21st November 2016 Jean Antoine-Dunne
Published by Trinidad and Tobago NEWSDAY
THE DRAFT policy document for people with disabilities uses the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as a framing philosophy.… Read the rest “A New Policy For People With Disabilities Part 2”
Monday 14th November 2016 Jean Antoine-Dunne
Published by Trinidad and Tobago NEWSDAY
THE MINISTRY of Social Development and Family Services has distributed a draft document, which is set to replace the 2004 policy for people with disabilities.… Read the rest “A New Policy For People With Disabilities Part 1”
Teaching Through The Lens Of Difference
A conversation with Jean Antoine-Dunne By Alake Pilgrim
Sunday 13th November 2016
Disability is not something a person has, but…a limitation in the interaction between a person, his or her functional ability, and the environment.… Read the rest “Teaching Through The Lens Of Difference”
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”
Read Anton La Fond’s “A Disabled Person’s View Point” in this article from the TNT Mirror.