Let’s hook up on a level playing field

Barbados Council for the Disabled

Kevin Keenoo once said: “When they say you can’t, they show you their limits, not yours”.

For years barriers have been placed in the paths of persons with disabilities, blocking us from achieving our dreams, stopping us from living “normal” lives. For years we have been boxed away and told that our disabilities made us incapable and that we were unable to reach for the stars. And for years, we have been tearing down barriers, breaking out of those boxes and showing the world that a disability does not mean an inability.

A disability simply means that we are unable to do a particular thing in the traditional way, but thanks to our resilience and persistence, we find alternative ways and continue to press on to reach our goals. This may mean that we may have to work twice as hard as the average person, but this does not mean that it is impossible. The limits societies attempted to place on us were never our limits. We were still able to become lawyers, doctors, teachers, parents, and the list goes on.