Disability Rights Awareness Month
The Right to Universal Access and Design:
Break Barriers, Open Doors to realise an Inclusive Society for All -
Action through Partnership
South Africa celebrates National Disability Rights Awareness Month annually between 3 November and 3 December. 3 December is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, and is also celebrated as National Disability Rights Awareness Day.
Disability is the consequence of an impairment that may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental, or some combination of these. A disability may be present from birth, or occur during a person's lifetime.
The Disability Awareness Month offers an opportunity for all of us to remove these barriers and to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities through concrete action.
The Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities is responsible for driving the government’s equity, equality and empowerment agenda in terms of those living with disabilities.
Articles
- Bridging the digital divide for people with disabilities
- Overcoming disability in the workplace
- Conversation with leaders
- Mbombela establishes library service for visually impaired
- Support widens for people with disabilities
- Bill to help in creation of decent work
- Gauteng launches R140m job creation initiative
- Govt gears up for 16 Days campaign
- People with disabilities to get smart ID cards
- S Africans urged to support people living with disabilities
- Govt proud of SA athletes’ achievements at New York Marathon
- N West adopts plan to employ people with disabilities
- Skin deep – breaking stereotypes around albinism
- People with Albinism call for recognition
Related links
- Services for people wit disabilities:
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