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The National Union of Students Disabled Students' Campaign is a self-running part of the National Union of Students which exists to "remove the stigma from all disabilities, and to encourage all members of our society to take a positive attitude towards understanding the nature of disability and overcoming prejudices". [1]
Spread the Word: Inclusion is a global campaign working towards inclusion for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It started as Spread the Word to End the Word, a US campaign to encourage people to pledge to stop using the words "retard" and "retarded", but broadened both its goals and its scope in 2019.
The disability rights movement is a global [1] [2] [3] social movement that seeks to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all people with disabilities. [4]It is made up of organizations of disability activists, also known as disability advocates, around the world working together with similar goals and demands, such as: accessibility and safety in architecture, transportation, and ...
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 ...
#WeThe15 is a global human rights movement which aims to make persons with disabilities, who make up 15% of the world's population (1.2 billion people), visible. An initiative of the International Paralympic Committee and the International Disability Alliance, [1] [2] it is supported, by a number of organisations from the world of disability sports, disability rights, non-governmental and ...
Where there was public education, separate and unequal schools would become the norm, both for children of color and for immigrants. That only began to change with Brown v. Board of Education in 1955.
MAHA has easily emerged as a deeply popular slogan by Kennedy as much of America struggles with obesity and chronic diseases. 3 things to watch for as RFK Jr. takes the helm as health secretary
Use of this slogan has expanded beyond the disability rights community to other interest groups and movements. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] In 2021, the World Health Organization published an eponymous guide recommending that children and adolescents be involved in the decision-making process for health-related policies that affect young people.