World Disabled Day is observed every year on 3 December. Also known as ‘ International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2, this significant day aims to promote an awareness of disability issues and the fundamental rights of persons with certain disabilities.
It is important to integrate disabled persons in the main stream of society today. Disabled persons are often discriminated against and that is never an ideal condition. Society must take ample steps to involve persons with disabilities in the main stream of each aspect of the social, political, economic and cultural status of their communities.
United Nations (UN) has taken several steps to empower disabled persons. It is essential to inculcate confidence in disabled persons in their own abilities to lead self-dependent lives. World Disabled Day provides an opportunity to initialize action to reach the target of full and equal pleasure of human rights and contribution in society by disabled persons. UN General Assembly had launched World Program of Action for Disabled Persons in the year 1982. United Nations seeks equal rights for all humans irrespective of their religions, caste, economic conditions and physical abilities. Social justice demands identical fundamental human rights to all the persons. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, each person has “the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.”
Several activities are conducted on World Disabled Day. Campaigns by human rights agencies and voluntary organizations are organized to increase awareness on the theme of right to act. Rallies are conducted to demand the right to select helps on their own free will for the disabled persons. The day seeks measures to assist physically handicapped persons in their own decision making. The year 1981 was proclaimed as “International Year of Disabled Persons”. Several plans were launched with a mission of providing similar opportunities, rehabilitation and prevention of disabilities. These campaigns were launched at national, international and regional levels.
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