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DAY 1

11:30-12:30PM Employing Persons with Disabilities: Perspectives from Employers - Ms. Annette Morrison and Miss Daveanna-Kaye Reid

12:30-1:30PM Preparing Persons with Disabilities for Employment in the Labour Market Miss Pamela Archer and Miss Susan Hamilton

2:30 - 3:30pm Reasonable Accommodations and the Employment of Persons with Disabilities - Dr. Kwasi Tonge and Mrs. Kimberley Hinds-Heron, Chairperson

3:30-4:30PM Legislation and the Employment of Persons with Disabilities in Jamaica - Mrs. Marian Williams Shirley

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused devastating consequences for individuals and countries across the world. It has impacted in a significant way, more than others, persons with disabilities. The crisis has exacerbated old problems that have served to restrict and isolate persons with disabilities from mainstream society. This has been the experience for the majority of persons with disabilities in the Caribbean.