Clay­ton Clarke

Ma­haraj said the books will form part of the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion's thrust to have ac­cess and eq­ui­ty with­in the na­tion's schools sys­tem. Man­ag­ing Di­rec­tor of First Caribbean Bank said Dwight's life sto­ry can serve as an in­spi­ra­tion to the young peo­ple of the na­tion. "Dwight's sto­ry shows us that ob­sta­cles are per­ceived and that in re­al­i­ty any­thing is pos­si­ble. This is one sto­ry that can help us and our chil­dren to move away from per­cep­tion and live in the re­al world. It is about po­lio but the mes­sage about for­ward and mak­ing most of life de­spite the set­back is an in­valu­able one. He has re­mind­ed us rather than count­ing our days we should seek to make our day count."