December 3, 1992 - International Day of Disabled Persons

UN declares International Day of Disabled Persons. More than a half billion people worldwide have some form of disability, and the greatest barriers they face are typically created unintentionally by those persons without disabilities. That’s what inspired the UN’s General Assembly to declare 1981 the International Year of Disabled Persons, later expanded into a decade: from 1983 to 1992. The purpose was to promote "equality and full participation" for persons with a disability – to explore ways to help persons with disabilities to function in all aspects of society, and to promote greater understanding of the challenges they face. At the end of the decade, the UN decided to keep the momentum going by declaring December 3rd the International Day for Disabled Persons, to be recognized annually henceforth.

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