International Day of Persons with Disabilities (50676332061)

International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3) is an international observance promoted by the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

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 Dignity is the right of a person to be valued and respected for their own sake, and to be treated ethically. It is of significance in morality, ethics, law and politics as an extension of the Enlightenment-era concepts of inherent, inalienable ...

, rights and

well-being Well-being, or wellbeing, also known as wellness, prudential value or quality of life, refers to what is intrinsically valuable relative ''to'' someone. So the well-being of a person is what is ultimately good ''for'' this person, what is in th ...

of persons with disabilities. It also seeks to increase awareness of gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of

political Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

, social, economic and cultural life. It was originally called "International Day of Disabled Persons" until 2007. Each year the day focuses on a different issue.

History

International Year of Disabled Persons 1981

In 1976, the

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proclaimed 1981 as the International Year of Disabled Persons. It called for a plan of action at the National, regional and International levels, with an emphasis on equalization of opportunities, rehabilitation and prevention of disabilities. The theme of the International Year of Disabled Persons was "Full Participation and Equality", defined as the right of persons with disabilities to take part fully in the life and development of their societies, enjoy living conditions equal to those of other citizens, and have an equal share in improved conditions resulting from socio-economic development.

United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons 1983–1992

To provide a time frame during which Governments and Organizations could implement the activities recommended in the World Programme of Action, the General Assembly proclaimed 1983–1992 the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons.

Themes from previous years

* 1998: "Arts, Culture and Independent Living" * 1999: "Accessibility for all for the new Millennium" * 2000: "Making information technologies work for all" * 2001: "Full participation and equality: The call for new approaches to assess progress and evaluate outcome" * 2002: "Independent Living and Sustainable Livelihoods" * 2003: "A Voice of our Own" * 2004: " Nothing About Us Without Us" * 2005: "Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Action in Development" * 2006: " E-Accessibility" * 2007: " Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities" * 2008: "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Dignity and justice for all of us" * 2009: "Making the

MDGs The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals for the year 2015 that had been established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millenniu ...

Inclusive:

Empowerment Empowerment is the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities. This enables them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority. It is the process of becoming strong ...

of persons with disabilities and their communities around the world" * 2010: "Keeping the promise: Mainstreaming disability in the Millennium Development Goals towards 2015 and beyond" * 2011: "Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development" * 2012: "Removing barriers to create an inclusive and

accessible Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible development ensures both "direct access" (i.e ...

society for all" * 2013: "Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive society and development for all" * 2014: "

Sustainable development Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The des ...

: The promise of technology" * 2015: "

Inclusion Inclusion or Include may refer to: Sociology * Social inclusion, aims to create an environment that supports equal opportunity for individuals and groups that form a society. ** Inclusion (disability rights), promotion of people with disabilitie ...

matters: access and empowerment for people of all abilities" * 2016: "Achieving 17 Goals for the future we want" * 2017: "Transformation toward sustainable and

resilient Resilience, resilient, resiliency, or ''variation'', may refer to: Science Ecology * Ecological resilience, the capacity of an ecosystem to recover from perturbations ** Climate resilience, the ability of systems to recover from climate change * ...

society for all" *2018: "

Empowering Empowerment is the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities. This enables them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority. It is the process of becoming strong ...

persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality" * 2019: "Promoting the participation of persons with disabilities and their leadership: taking action on the 2030 Development Agenda" * 2020: "Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and

sustainable Specific definitions of sustainability are difficult to agree on and have varied in the literature and over time. The concept of sustainability can be used to guide decisions at the global, national, and individual levels (e.g. sustainable livin ...

post

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world" * 2021: "

Leadership Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group or organization to "lead", influence or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. The word "leadership" often gets view ...

and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world" *2022: "Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world" On the 2012 International Day of People with Disability, the United Kingdom government introduced mandatory work for disabled people who received welfare benefits in order to "Improve disabled peoples chances of getting work by mandatory employment". The founder of the Susan Archibald Centre stated that the mandatory employment of people with disabilities is a breach of article 27/2 of the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. ''

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'' noted that from this United Nations appointed day onwards people with disabilities and illnesses ranging from cancer to paralysis to mental health may be forced by the UK government to work for free or else they risk being stripped of up to 70% of their welfare benefits."Sick and disabled braced for enforced work-for-benefits programme", Shiv Malik, ''The Guardian'', 30 November 201

/ref> A program was also launched on 3 December in India to serve the "differently-able" community of the country as an initiative called

Accessible India Campaign Accessible India Campaign or Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan is a program which is set to be launched to serve the differently-able community of the country. The program comes with an index to measure the design of disabled-friendly buildings and human ...

under Article 9 of the UN

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international human rights treaty of the United Nations intended to protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. Parties to the convention are required to promote, ...

(UNCRPD).

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