The Trinidad and To­ba­go Blind Wel­fare As­so­ci­a­tion (TTB­WA) has called on Gov­ern­ment to en­act com­pre­hen­sive leg­is­la­tion to pro­tect the rights of per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties, as the coun­try marks its 63rd an­niver­sary of In­de­pen­dence.

The or­gan­i­sa­tion said true in­de­pen­dence would on­ly be achieved when every cit­i­zen, re­gard­less of abil­i­ty, can par­tic­i­pate ful­ly, equal­ly, and with dig­ni­ty in na­tion­al life.

In a re­lease, the TTB­WA urged full com­pli­ance with the Unit­ed Na­tions Con­ven­tion on the Rights of Per­sons with Dis­abil­i­ties (UN­CR­PD), stress­ing the need for stronger laws that en­sure ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty and ac­count­abil­i­ty.