International Day of People with Disability #IDPwD

The International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) is a United Nations-sanctioned day, celebrated internationally on 3 December, with the aim to increase awareness of gains to be derived from inclusion of people with disability in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life. It is imperative that persons with dementia are included in these campaigns.

The theme this year is 'Promoting the participation of persons with disabilities and their leadership: taking action on the 2030 Development Agenda'.

It focuses on the empowerment of people with disability for inclusive, equitable and sustainable development as anticipated in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

• We must ‘leave no one behind’
• We must recognise disability as a cross-cutting issue, and
• This must include people with dementia.

It is imperative we all work towards ensuring that dementia is recognised by all as a condition causing acquired cognitive and other disabilities, and therefore that all people diagnosed with dementia have inalienable rights to full and equal access to the CRPD and other Conventions, and to Universal Health Coverage, including rehabilitation.

To celebrate the International Day of People with Disability this year, and as we work towards claiming our rights, alongside all other people with any disabilities, let's watch the first DAI Side Event from the CoSP in June 2019 again.

Support people with dementia to attend the Alzheimers Disease International 34th International Conference in Singapore in March 2020. Early Bird registrations have been extended to Friday, December 13, 2019.

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