International day for people with disabilities: What is our take on this?

The word disability has 'Ability' in it. International day for people with disabilities is observed on 3rd December every year since 1992.

This day marks a great significance in order to emphasize on rights of people with disabilities and their right of living a dignified life. This day is observed to sensitize the society on empathizing, understanding and also to provide assistance that could make them live a dignified life.

At this time of the year it is quite saddening that government policies on disability issues and their implementations are very slow and it hardly reaches people. On the other hand, it is a happy state that there are several self help organisations that have come up in supporting such people by providing medical assistance, education, physical support systems and several job opportunities, not by sympathy but with their qualification.

Throughout the World this day there are several exhibitions, workshops, rallies that are being organised to impart disability issues to the mainstream society emphasizing on inclusion of such people. With 15% of the total population constitute people with disabilities, we can make a step in and do things that are at our reach from helping them cross roads, help them get inside a bus, give them space to sit in public places and so on.

Remember always "DISABILITY IS NATURAL".

But we never must develop an attitude that we are superior to them. Before we think of assisting them, lets educate ourselves.  Read more and know your etiquette's>>>>>>>>>