International Day of Persons with Disabilities

  • Every year on 3rd December, International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed.
  • Earlier, the draft norms for ensuring accessibility for the differently abled at airports has been released by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Disability

  • A disability is a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the usual standard of an individual of their group.
  • The term is often used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment, mental illness, and various types of chronic disease.
  • This usage has been described by some disabled people as being associated with a medical model of disability

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