International Day of Persons with Disabilities

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed every year, and the Alliance marks it because it touches the work of care: who gives it, who receives it, and what it costs the people who do it unpaid.

Why it matters for care

The right to support is the right to a life of one’s own. The day is about care that enables independence rather than replacing it, and about the people with disabilities who are carers themselves.

How the Alliance marks the day

• A briefing for policymakers on the care dimension of the day’s theme.
• A statement from the secretariat, signed by the member organisations working on the theme.
• An online conversation with members from three regions, recorded and shared afterwards.

Take part

Members are invited to mark the day in their own channels and to tell the secretariat what they did; it is collected for the members’ newsletter. Materials are available in English and Spanish a week ahead.