Guyanese mother seeks return to T&T for autistic son’s treatment

Rosinda Nicholson and her son Elijah Harris

Twenty-three-year-old Rosinda Nicholson, who was deported from Trinidad with her autistic son, is appealing to the Trinidad and Tobago authorities to allow her back into the country so her son can continue the treatment he has been receiving from birth.

Nicholson and her almost three-year-old son Elijah Harris were sent packing from the ‘Twin Island Republic’ on Monday night, mere days after she had returned in a bid for her son to receive medical treatment. Admitting that she has been living illegally in the country for almost five years, the young mother said her son, who is Trinidadian by birth, is in need of medical treatment.

Speaking to the media yesterday at the Mark Benschop Foundation, which she visited for assistance, Nicholson described the