March 2023

Abator Launches 360-Access Online Service to Make the World a More Disability-Inclusive Place    360-Access is First to Provide Objective Information About Accessibility for the Disability Community Over 54 million Americans live with a disability. Despite these staggering numbers, and a discretionary spending budget of $490 billion, the disability community’s needs are often still misunderstood

Fred Maahs, Jr. Editor, Mélange Accessibility for All Magazine Fred Maahs, Jr. is a passionate, recognized leader in the international disability community and in Corporate America.  He is also a renowned champion for diversity and inclusion. After more than 30 years as a Corporate Executive, Fred founded FJM Solutions, LLC in 2019.  As a Consultant,

Email me with your questions about the Caribbean: rcelestina@readmelange.com Growing up in Curacao Welcome to my Mélange Column The how, the where and the when of traveling to the Caribbean in 2021 Confession: I am writing this before actual January 2021 when this issue of Caribbean Mélange is scheduled to hit your inbox. So, two things can

Shunned How Love of Self Became My Redemption AUTHOR:  Patricia C. Daway “Expressed through a collection of poems, this book speaks of my quest for love and belonging, which for the formative years of my life, were entangled in webs of delusion and woeful dejection . . . ”  Patricia Daway PUBLICATION: June 2020 ISBN: 978-1-77136-885-8 PAGES: 69 SIZE: 5.5

Fred Maahs, Jr.   I grew up attending Catholic schools and spent many hours during my youth studying the Bible, the Holy Land, and the origins of my faith during religion class or in church.  For me, Jerusalem and the birthplace of Christ were places that were held with absolute reverence.  I never imagined that

Ringo Harrigan The work of a few impacts many . . . Ringo Harrigan, a young man on the island of Curacao, who loves nature, agriculture, art and music, remembers quite vividly when he first became interested in the lives of people with disabilities. He was only 16 years old working at a McDonald’s restaurant,