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  2. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London lit up in purple to mark 2020 International Day of Persons with Disabilities The Disability flag created for this day. International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3) is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992. It has been observed with varying ...

  3. International Year of Disabled Persons - Wikipedia

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    December 3 each year, since 1992, is identified by the United Nations as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. British new wave singer-songwriter Ian Dury , himself a disabled person, released a song titled " Spasticus Autisticus " in 1981, which he intended as a scathing critique of the International Year, which he viewed as ...

  4. Disabled Peoples' International - Wikipedia

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    DPI is a network of national organizations or assemblies of disabled people, established in 1980–81 to promote the human rights of disabled people through full participation, equalization of opportunity and development. [2] [3] DPI assists organisations in over 152 nations with the day to day issues of helping disabled people. They also host ...

  5. Disabled people in Florida still struggling to get Medicaid ...

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    Of the 1.9 million people in Florida who lost Medicaid coverage, according to KFF, patient advocates estimate that thousands of disabled people like Eakin have been affected.

  6. Column: The nightmare of evacuations for the elderly and ...

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    At least 27 people had died as of Jan. 15, and the ages of the 14 who have been identified included victims who were 66, 69, 77, 80-plus, 82, 83, 84, 84 and 95.

  7. US Supreme Court tosses intellectual disability ruling on ...

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    The justices concluded that the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals needs to clarify its ruling that Joseph Clifton Smith's death sentence for a 1997 murder must be set aside in light ...

  8. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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    Article 27 requires that States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to work, on an equal basis of others; this includes the right to the opportunity to gain a living by work freely chosen or accepted in a labour market and work environment that is open, inclusive and accessible to persons with disabilities. The Article ...

  9. Veteran’s Day outrage as disabled NY vets are being shafted ...

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    New York’s disabled vets are seeing red instead of ganga green on the eve of Veteran’s Day — fuming that they have been awarded a paltry 3.5% of all of the state’s cannabis business ...