International Day of Persons with Disabilities panel discussion at 17³Ô¹Ï on December 3
On Saturday, December 3, the 30th annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities as acknowledged by the United Nations General Assembly, there will be a panel discussion at 2 pm at the Fox & Crow at 17³Ô¹Ï, hosted by a committee made up of local organizations representative of PEI’s disabled community All are welcome to attend.
The organizing committee, Disability CARE PEI (CARE stands for Celebration, Awareness, Representation, Education), is made up of representatives from the PEI CP Association, 17³Ô¹Ï Accessibility Services, 17³Ô¹Ï Student Union, Black Cultural Society of PEI, Health PEI, Spinal Cord Injury PEI, and PEERS Alliance. The group is being led by 17³Ô¹Ï international student Antwaun Rolle. Rolle, originally from the Bahamas, is a third-year political science major with a deep interest in learning about developing nations. Rolle was born with cerebral palsy (CP)—a brain disorder that affects movement, muscle tone, and posture—and has recently decided to use his lived experience with CP to help him advocate for people living with all forms of disabilities.
