00:00Some of the things that we want to really address in Tobago is schools for
00:05persons with disability and children with disability. Transportation is another
00:10problem that we have in. Housing is another problem that we have in, right,
00:14because we want to get all these things on them and we're looking for office for
00:19persons with disability so parents could come and share their concerns and
00:24we could take it to social services and tell them, you know, why all these people
00:28here not getting grants and having problems of getting grants and all these things.
00:32TV6 News caught up with a group following the walk through Scarborough.
00:37Fira Melville spoke about her struggles with her 16-year-old special needs child,
00:43Faith. People don't understand the challenge we go through and the
00:47difficulties that we go through. Even to move them around, you know, you have a
00:51special needs child and they want to take the child out, even to the beach.
00:55Sometimes transport, they refuse to even take you up with a wheelchair, right, so
01:01that's a challenge that we are going through. And sometimes, you know, parents,
01:05even though you are working, your money never enough to take care of them.
01:09Sometimes you get a little issue, you go to social welfare and stuff and the kind of way they
01:14treat you like nobody. People look down at children, parents and children with
01:19disability and we need for that to stop within Tobago. We'll say Trinidad and Tobago.
01:24Ms Melville says caring for her daughter Faith is no easy task.
01:29My daughter now, I have to be lifting her, to bathe her, to do everything because she can't do
01:35everything for herself, so it's very hard. And within my situation, I'm not
01:39supposed to do that, but you know I have no choice. You understand? So it is very
01:44hard, right? And people have to understand, people need to show love more to
01:51special need children. But she remains thankful for the support of a few.
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