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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
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
,
social, economic and cultural
life. It was originally called "
International Day of Disabled Persons
" until 2007.
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Each year the day focuses on a different issue.
History
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International Year of Disabled Persons 1981
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In 1976, the
United Nations General Assembly
proclaimed 1981 as the
International Year of Disabled Persons
.
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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
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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.
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Themes from previous years
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- 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
Inclusive:
Empowerment
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"
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- 2011: "Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development"
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- 2012: "Removing barriers to create an
inclusive
and
accessible
society for all"
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- 2013: "Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive society and development for all"
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- 2014: "
Sustainable development
: The promise of technology"
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- 2015: "
Inclusion
matters: access and empowerment for people of all abilities"
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- 2016: "Achieving
17 Goals
for the future we want"
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- 2017: "Transformation toward sustainable and
resilient
society for all"
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- 2018: "
Empowering
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
"
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- 2020: "Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and
sustainable
post
COVID-19
world"
- 2021: "
Leadership
and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world"
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- 2022: "Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and
equitable
world"
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- 2023: "United in action to rescue and archive the SDGs for, with and by person with disabilities"
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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The Guardian
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.
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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
under Article 9 of the UN
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(UNCRPD).
See also
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References
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"International Day of Persons with Disabilities"
. Retrieved
4 December
2008
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"The International Year of Disabled Persons 1981"
.
UN
. Retrieved
7 November
2011
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"United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons 1983?1992"
.
UN Enable
. Retrieved
7 November
2011
.
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"International Day of Persons with Disabilities ? 3 December 2010"
.
UN Enable
. Retrieved
7 November
2011
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"Theme for 2011: Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development"
.
UN Enable
. Retrieved
7 November
2011
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"UN Enable ? International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December 2012"
.
UN Enable
. Retrieved
3 December
2012
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"International Day of People with Disabilities: How inclusive and accessible is our society?"
. Archived from
the original
on 21 February 2014
. Retrieved
6 December
2012
.
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International Day of People with Disabilities, 3 December 2013
Archived
December 3, 2013, at the
Wayback Machine
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International Day of People with Disabilities, 3 December 2014
Archived
December 1, 2014, at the
Wayback Machine
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International Day of People with Disabilities, 3 December 2015
Archived
December 4, 2015, at the
Wayback Machine
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International Day of People with Disabilities, 3 December 2016
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International Day of People with Disabilities, 3 December 2017
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"International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), 3 December 2019 | United Nations"
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"International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), 3 December 2021"
. United Nations
. Retrieved
30 November
2021
.
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"International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), 03 December 2022"
. United Nations
. Retrieved
10 November
2022
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Susan Archibald
[1]
, "Happy International Day for People with Disabilities or Is It?" Sunday Mail, 3 December 2012
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"Sick and disabled braced for enforced work-for-benefits programme", Shiv Malik,
The Guardian
, 30 November 2012
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