Dr Balraj Bishnoi , faculty member RICEM (jaipur).
Theme for the year 2011 is “Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development”.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities , December 3 has been celebrated with varying degrees of success around the Earth. The celebration of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. It also seeks to increase awareness of gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life. It was originally called "International Day of Disabled Persons". Each year the day focuses on a different issue.
Themes of last 10 years for PWD are:
1) 2001: "Full participation and equality: The call for new approaches to assess progress and evaluate outcome" 2) 2002: "Independent Living and Sustainable Livelihoods" 3) 2003: "A Voice of our Own" 4) 2004: "Nothing about Us, Without Us" 5)2005: "Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Action in Development" 6) 2006: "E-Accessibility" 7) 2007: "Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities" 8) 2008: "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Dignity and justice for all of us" 9) 2009: "Strengthning persons with disabilities and their communities around the world" 10) 2010: "Keeping the promise: Mainstreaming disability in the Millennium Development Goals towards 2015 and beyond" 11) 2011: "Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development"
Current data shows that “Persons with disabilities”/PWD make up an estimated 15 per cent of the world’s population & about one-fifth of the estimated global total of persons living with disabilities AND facing many disadvantages in their societies and facing discrimination in all aspects of life. They remain largely marginalized, disproportionately poorer, frequently unemployed and have higher rates of mortality. Furthermore, they are largely excluded from civil and political processes and are overwhelmingly voiceless in matters that affect them and their society. United Nations declared 1983—1992 as Decade of Disabled Persons: To provide a time frame during which Governments and organizations could implement the activities recommended by the General Assembly’ action programmed proclaimed 1983-1992 the United Nations Decade of Disabled Persons
It is seen that when persons with disabilities are empowered to participate and lead the process of development with involvement creates opportunities for persons with disabilities and their communities in developmental efforts is significant but a failure due to Maladministration & discrimination by politico-beareaucratic dysfunction. It is imperative that development efforts across the nations include disability issues when determining policies, schemes and allocation of funds for developmental innovation and projects looks to be a failure today in terms of implementation and proves a drawback in mainstreaming disabled in development. There is a strategic need to achieve equality for persons with disabilities & control of law for successful implementation of U.N. resolution & disability act. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (human rights treaty and a development tool) provides an opportunity to strengthen developmental policies related to the implementation of development goals approved internationally & India is a part of it e.g. “The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)” but socio-politico-administrative initiative is needful as resolution passed but implementation fails to large extent. According to the main theme of International Day for Person with Disabilities 2011 “Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development”, its sub-themes includes: a) Mainstreaming disability: including a disability perspective in all development processes, b) Gender: including women and girls with disabilities in development, c) Including children and youth with disabilities in development, d) Accessibility: removing barriers and promoting disability-inclusive development and e) Promoting collection data on disabilities. In Manipur India ,Government officials will conduct a sensitization and training programme for District Level Officers and community based organizations on national legislation, schemes and programmes for persons with disabilities. Centre for Community Initiative /CCI is devoted to Person With Disabilities. CCI facilitates and empower parents, disabled persons with practical support, assessment and counseling, getting involved in mapping positive and supportive environment for disabled people, encourage inclusive education, etc. Share, listen, commit and work towards building a responsive society in which differently and potentially abled people grow in self-esteem and enjoy full participation in community life. “ Manipur state initiative” should be consider as role model for advocacy of PWD. Helen Keller lively illustrated “As miraculous as learning language may seem, that achievement of Keller's belongs to the 19th century. It was also a co-production with her patient and persevering teacher, Anne Sullivan. Helen Keller's greater achievement came after Sullivan, her companion and protector, died in 1936. Keller would live 32 more years and in that time would prove that the disabled can be independent. I hate the word handicapped. Keller would too. We are people with inconveniences. We're not charity cases. She was once asked how disabled veterans of World War II should be treated and said that they do "not want to be treated as heroes. They want to be able to live naturally and to be treated as human beings."
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