International Day of Persons with Disabilities

The National Disability Day is marked annually on every 3rd of December to generate mass awareness about the:

1. Different types of disabilities
2. Issues of the disabled people.

The cause raised on this day aims at uniting people with more compassion and understanding about the challenges that disabled people face in their day-to-day lives.

The day also boosts the spirit of unity and equal rights of opportunities for:

1. Health
2. Work
3. Success
4. Play

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World Disability Day

Contents:

• Disability Day
  ,
• About
  Disability Day,
• Date of
  Disability Day
  Observance
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• Why is Disability Day Celebrated?
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• Significance
  of Disability Day,
• Facts
  about Disability Day,
• An Appeal
  on Disability Day

What is Disability?

Disability is a condition or situation in which a person is unable to use one or more body parts properly. It is a kind of impairment that can be any of the following types:

1. Physical impairment
2. Sensory impairment
3. Mental illness
4. Cognitive impairment
5. Intellectual impairment

Disability Day: Quick Glance

Also Known As

Disability Day, World Disability Day, National Disability Day, World Day of the Handicapped

Significance

Raising the issues of disabled people

Event Type

Global/ National

Observed

Worldwide

Observations

Awareness drives and campaigns

Celebrations

Appreciation functions for the achievements of disabled people

Date

3rd of November

Disability Day in Various Years

3 November 2020, 3 November 2021

Occurrence

Annual

Date Disability Day Observance

3rd of November.

Why We Celebrate the Disability Day?

The community of disabled people often faces the excluded behavior from among society people. Such a bitter fact raises the need of developing understanding and bridging the gap between the general mass and disabled people's society.

The fact is- disabled people can and indeed are contributing to society as valued members.

The zeal and vibes of the day celebrate them and their efforts, appreciating their strong spirit and willpower that makes them go beyond the limits of even the common people. Surely, they are not given the title of 'Special People' in vain; their extraordinary inspiring aura makes them deserving to be entitled this way.

Significance of Disability Day

The International Day of disabled persons spread awareness about is aspects related to disabilities and the situation of disabled people. Such as:

1. Social
2. Cultural
3. Economical
4. Political
5. Educational
6. Lifestyle
7. Challenges
8. Healthcare-related issues
9. Employment-related aspects
10. The deepened grief during the era of global challenges (Covid-19 pandemic)

Millions of people are surviving with a not-so-apparent disability. It is an alarming situation that gives us a reminder to increase the efforts for removing the barriers around people with visible or invisible disabilities.

Facts and Figures about Disabled People

1. Have you ever tried to figure out that how many disabled people are there in the world? The community of disabled people holds about 50% of the global population which is more than about 1 billion people. It's a huge number which makes this day and the associated causes more significant.
2. 80% of these disabled people's community lives in developing countries.
3. The most astounding fact is that about 450 million people from 1 billion are suffering from neurological conditions or mental challenges.
4. Two third of the segment are not seeking any medical help or giving an effort to take counseling from any professional.
5. The neglect is Stigma and discrimination is the major cause behind this ignorance.
6. The number of people that survive after traumatic brain injuries is about 69 million.
7. One among about 160 children is considered to be on the radar of the Autism spectrum.

An Appeal

During the era of the covid-19 pandemic, the following aspects have been working around the disabled people, impacting greatly their lifestyle and physical and mental well-being:

1. Isolation
2. Disconnection
3. Disrupted services
4. Lifestyle and the daily routines

As we are still fighting against the pandemic, it is crucial to be very sensitive about the invisible disabilities that impact mental health.

It is vital to stand united as one human community regardless of our personal challenges. We need to take an integrated approach to ensure that disabled people are not left behind in order to secure a common bright future.

We need many hands joined to fight the complex situations that we are living in.

People with challenges and disabilities are also are willing to be a contributing hand. We need to realize that the community of disabled people is a huge and useful and valuable human resource.

Let's do not see the impairment as a blocking hurdle; indeed support them so that they can also support and strengthen others.

Let also appeal to the youth and technical people to come up with more innovative digital solutions resources and tools to:

1. Reduce the stigma
2. Make disabled people aware of their rights and responsibilities
3. Associate them with the stream of progress and recoveries
4. Unite people at both national and global level one strong force.