International Day of People with Disability

Diana
Diana on Friday, December 3 2021
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Join us today as we celebrate International Day of People with Disability!

This year’s UN theme is ‘Leadership and Participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world’

Share your story or celebration for #IDPwD and help create a more inclusive Australia.

[Image: IDPwD logo of a person figure with wavy lines of light blue, green and orange against a white and orange background. Text reads: "Let's work toward a more inclusive, accessible and sustainable world for people with disability".]
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JackRussel

I liked Troy's story: https://www.idpwd.com.au/troys-canberra-to-sydney-journey/ Especially his words at the end:

“I’m not exactly over the moon about being disabled, there are times each day that I feel incomplete and I have a very minimal disability,” Troy says.

“If I feel like that, I can’t imagine how people that have a more incapacitating disability feel.

“So if I can manage to inspire others and get people to listen and to act then I feel like I’m doing my part.

Maybe someone desperate will be interested and find these words and smile and be inspired.

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Diana

Love that Jack.

 

I also liked these lines - 

“When I look at accessibility, it’s about providing opportunities for people with disability to be involved, whether that be in work, in physical or social activities or in the arts.

“It’s the entire social mainstreaming of it all.

“If we can continue to promote these ideas and ideals and get a movement going, it’s a way for us to get into able-bodied people’s consciousness.”

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