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Disability and Accessibility

Celebrating Disability through Awareness & Inclusion

December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day of observance established by the United Nations in 1992. Volunteers from around the globe celebrate the day in order to promote inclusion and awareness about disability issues. This year’s theme is “Keeping the promise: Mainstreaming disability in the Millennium Development Goals towards 2015 and […]

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Youth Ability Summit Promotes Global Justice and Equity at the United Nations

Only one month removed from the extraordinary gathering of American and Syrian youth self advocates in Syria, the first fruits of the inaugural Open Hands Initiative Youth Ability Summit are already being seen. On September 1st, I had the pleasure to share my experiences from the Summit at the UN Conference of State Parties in […]