Erin Brown Connects Disability Advocacy and Inclusion Management

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"
You're the kind of person,

Who's hard to forget,

A one-in-a-million

To the people you've met.

Your friends are as varied

As the places you go,

And they all want to tell you

In case you don't know:

That you make a big difference

In the lives that you touch,

By taking so little

And giving so much! "





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📅 Friday, September 26, 2025
📍 SLS Baha Mar
⏰ 6:30PM
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📅 Friday, September 26, 2025
📍 SLS Baha Mar
⏰ 6:30PM
🎟️ $60 Investment

👉🏽 Register here: https://shyftconference.spiffy.co/.../disrupthr-nassau-4...

Building a More Inclusive Bahamas: Engaging Civil Society on PWD

On February 6th we met with passionate advocates from R.E.A.C.H. and University of The Bahamas Office of Disabilities and Compliance to discuss the pressing issues affecting persons with disabilities (PWD) in The Bahamas. From education and healthcare to employment and social protection, the discussion was a powerful reminder of the urgent need for change.

Key Takeaways:
✅ Education & Inclusion:
• Special education units exist but lack resources and integration into mainstream schools.
• Many educators are untrained in neurodivergence, creating barriers for students.
• Legislation exists but lacks enforcement—amendments have been proposed but remain untabled.

✅ Healthcare Challenges:
• Diagnostic services are severely limited, with no public assessments available for children under 5 and few options after age 16.
• Parents struggle to make medical decisions for adult children with disabilities due to legal roadblocks.
• Medical professionals often lack disability sensitivity training, leading to biased treatment.

✅ Employment & Social Protection:
• Employers need disability sensitivity training, alongside real strategies for implementation.
• NIB policies unintentionally penalize persons with disabilities, with no dedicated disability benefits and loss of support for PWD business owners.
• Public transportation remains inaccessible, limiting independence for persons with disabilities.

Stay connected as we engage on this crucial Human Rights priority!

CAPTION: (L-R) Greer Bain, R.E.A.C.H .; Michelle Brathwaite, Regional Representative OHCHR CARICOM Regional Office; Erin Brown, Disability Inclusion Consultant, University of The Bahamas Office of Disabilities and Compliance (and Erin Brown Connects Disability Advocacy and Inclusion Management ). (CARICOM RO Photo)

Our Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Initiative is now officially underway, and we're excited for you to that are making this possible.

Erin leads the University of the Bahamas, Office of Disabilities and Compliance as the Disability and Compliance Officer, , where she liases University stakeholders, the business community, government ministries and boards promoting disability inclusion. She self-identifies as a limb difference individual and is recognized for her work as a disability inclusion consultant and activist. Her wide-reaching experience includes participation in multiple committees and organizations including the Latin American and Caribbean Women’s Network for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Caribbean Disability Network.

As a mentor she hopes to increase access, inclusion and opportunities for disabled business owners, entrepreneurs, employees and disability-led enterprises and organizations, while increasing inclusive allyship.

SBDC Bahamas
Are you or someone you know an entrepreneur with a disability?
The Small Business Development Centre wants to connect entrepreneurs with disabilities with access to funding, training, and more through our Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Initiative!

For more information, join our information session this Thursday, Jan. 9, at 6 PM.

Register now! https://zurl.co/0VsPA

Please DM us if you need support in completing the process.

Together, We Continue....

"Now let me get this straight:
You want things that you don't yet have,
people in your life who you don't yet know,
and events to take place that haven't yet occurred, so that once these "things"
come to pass
you'll feel happy,
confident,
and fulfilled;
accomplished,
desired,
and appreciated;
treasured,
adored,
a-beautiful-sight-to-see?

But…
weren’t these the rationale for all your earlier dreams that you’ve ALREADY manifested?
Green light!..."




Stacy Campbell Marshall we met on a cool night at the NAGB at a fundraiser that poured into my paralympic development. You sang and we talked... the rest is history. We connected and remained allies in all that we touch.

Together, We Continue