2024 Theme: Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future
The leadership of persons with disabilities is epitomised by the global disability rights movement’s slogan “Nothing About Us Without Us”. It connotes the basic requirements of participation, representation and inclusion and calls for persons with disabilities to actively shape the conditions of their lives.
One of the priorities of the global disability agenda is to advance the agency and leadership of persons with disabilities. In the past decades, persons with disabilities and organisations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) have already championed for the changes in their communities, and have been leading many of the community-led initiatives not only to advance their own rights, and wellbeing but also promoting inclusive development for instance enabling universal access to basic services by all; they have done so by taking both targeted and mainstreaming approaches to disability inclusion through, among others, consultation, data collection and analysis, and support with advocacy and accountability efforts.
The Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians is doing just this and would like to recognize those in leadership roles in the organization, nationally, provincially and in their local communities.
Read more on this year's theme here. Also remember to join us this Saturday as we continue celebrating IDPD at our Saturday conference!
FEATURED IMAGE ALT TEXT: Graphic design featuring people with disabilities and the text International Day of Persons with Disability 2024. Nothing about us, without us.