Guest Author - Sandy Mullins

It is estimated that 54 million people in the United States (20%) live with some form of disability, whether it is physical, sensory or mental impairment.

December 3, is the annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons, which was proclaimed by the General Assembly in 1992 by resolution 47/3. Every year there has been a theme, this year’s theme “Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Action in Development.”

Past Years Themes:
2004: "Nothing about Us without Us"
2003: "A voice of our own"
2002: "Independent Living and Sustainable Livelihoods"
2001: "Full participation and equality: The call for new approaches to assess progress and evaluate outcome"
2000: "Making information technologies work for all"
1999: "Accessibility for all for the new Millenium"
1998: "Arts, Culture and Independent Living"

While researching this day, I found more information than I could possibly condense here. The United Nations has a whole website dedicated to enabling Persons with Disabilities called “United Nations Enable”. The link is below if you are interested in the subject, spend some time looking around.

If, you are wondering about the numbering of resolutions, it is done first by the session number. So, anything passed this year would start with 60, since this is the 60th year of the United Nations General Assembly. It is separated by / then the resolutions are given a number in sequence of the resolution. So, the first resolution of the 60th session would be numbered 60/1, the second 60/2 and so on.

United Nations Enable (offsite link)

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