SunstarTV Bureau: While the whole world is fighting against the Covid19 pandemic, there are certain people fighting against a lifelong disability.
Disability inclusion is an essential condition to upholding human rights, sustainable development, and peace and security. It is also central to the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to leave no one behind. The commitment to realizing the rights of persons with disabilities is not only a matter of justice; it is an investment in a common future.
The global crisis of Covid-19 is deepening pre-existing inequalities, exposing the extent of exclusion and highlighting that work on disability inclusion is imperative. People with disabilities—one billion people— are one of the most excluded groups in our society and are among the hardest hit in this crisis in terms of fatalities.
Even under normal circumstances, persons with disabilities are less likely to access health care, education, employment and to participate in the community. An integrated approach is required to ensure that persons with disabilities are not left behind.
Disability inclusion will result in a Covid19 response and recovery that better serves everyone, more fully suppressing the virus, as well as building back better. It will provide for more agile systems capable of responding to complex situations, reaching the furthest behind first.
On this account, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Governor Ganeshi Lal tweeted, boosting the morality of the differently able persons.
“On International Day of Persons With Disabilities, honour the unbeatable spirit of all differently abled. On Disability Day, restate our commitment to promote the rights of people with disabilities in all spheres of society so that they can realise their true potential,” noted CM.
On International Day of Persons With Disabilities, honour the unbeatable spirit of all differently abled. On #DisabilityDay, restate our commitment to promote the rights of people with disabilities in all spheres of society so that they can realise their true potential. pic.twitter.com/rHZZcrRkDR
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) December 3, 2020
“This International Day of People with Disability (IDPWD), let us pledge to ‘Build Back a Better World’ for people with different abilities by working towards an accessible and disability-inclusive post-COVID world,” wrote Governor Ganeshi Lal.
This International Day of People with Disability (#IDPWD), let us pledge to ‘Build Back a Better World’ for people with different abilities by working towards an accessible and disability-inclusive post-COVID world. #DisabilityDay pic.twitter.com/yKprtZeYI7
— Governor Odisha (@GovernorOdisha) December 3, 2020
