In 2006, the United Nations established the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and several Caribbean countries have
signed and ratified this global treaty. Similarly, countries within the
English-speaking Caribbean have signed the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) that were approved by the United Nations in September
2015. Notwithstanding the signing and ratifying of these treaties by
Caribbean countries, not much has taken place for persons with disabilities