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Disability and Inequality is a wonderful effort to improve the repository of knowledge on persons with disabilities, a vulnerable community in Jamaica and the broader Caribbean. The research contained in the book can only redound to the improvement of the development agenda of persons with disabilities in the region, and the current mobilization within the region to improve the policy and legislative environment for persons with disabilities makes Gayle-Geddes' book a timely one. I strongly and unequivocally endorse this book and commend it to readers. - Floyd Morris, President of the Jamaican Senate, and Coordinator/Head of the University of the West Indies Centre for Disability Studies, Jamaica Disability and Inequality is a welcome addition to literature about sustainable development and people with disabilities in the Caribbean region. Gayle-Geddes illustrates sociocultural, educational and employment evidences from Jamaica as the basis of inequality between the populations with and without disabilities. She argues that sustainable development is transnational with long-term multidisciplinary implications for the Caribbean. -Katherine D. Seelman, Associate Dean and Professor of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh, USA Disability and Inequality provides a way forward for social inclusion and mainstreaming persons with disabilities in the very complex policy environment This is a much needed guide for the evolving programs in the Caribbean and for advocates dedicated to improving conditions for persons with disabilities. -Innette Cambridge, Coordinator of the Social Policy Program and Disability Studies Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

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Annicia Gayle-Geddes is Visiting Scholar at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus and Program Manager of Poverty Reduction Coordination in Jamaica. She has served as National Disability Advisory Board member, National Disability Act Committee member, and Chairperson of the National Consultation Committee for a National Disability Act in Jamaica.

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