It's December 3rd. On this day in 1992, the United Nations held its first annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights, and well-being of persons with disabilities. The UN's goal was then and is now to increase our awareness of the benefits we all gain by integrating persons with disabilities into our political, social, economic, and cultural lives. This year, the focus is on "Leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible, and sustainable post-COVID world."
This day is a call to action to mobilize support at local, regional, and national levels in order to increase disability prevention and rehabilitation funding; to implement or strengthen laws guaranteeing the rights of persons with disabilities to take part fully in the development of their societies, to enjoy living conditions equal to those of other citizens, and to have an equal share in the improved conditions that result from socio-economic development.
Roughly 15 percent of the world's population –more than one billion people –lives with a disability of some sort. Let's do what we can to help every one of us live our lives to the fullest as Stephen Hawking, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Frida Kahlo, and Ludwig Van Beethoven did, and as Stevie Wonder, Malala Yousafzai, and Greta Thunberg do now, shall we? ☮️ Peace… Jamiese of Pixoplanet
