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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 degrees of success around the planet. The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being ...
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 ...
On December 3, 2017, at the United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities, parliamentarians from Latin American countries gathered in a plenary assembly in Peru. [7] By acclamation, they declared the flag to be the symbol of all people with disabilities.
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we celebrate and raise awareness of the 1.3 billion people with disabilities worldwide. We remind people that disability is a universal human ...
It's nice to have days to recognize important things like the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, which also fall in December ...
Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. [1] Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or a combination of multiple factors.
Pool/Max Mumby/Getty Images. This isn't the first time the royal paid a visit to the Disability Initiative Resource Center. In December 2021, she went in honor of the UN International Day of ...
Disabled Peoples' International (DPI) is a cross disability, consumer controlled [1] international non-governmental organization (INGO) headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and with regional offices in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and North America and the Caribbean.