Advocating for rights of persons with disabilities 


Priority for PwDs: Walkways for the blind in Brickfields, KL. The government must start treating disability as a human rights issue. – Filepic

AS I reflect on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, celebrated on Dec 3, I ask myself: “What do the disability community, their care partners and civil society want from the government and society?”

Remember that the day is less about celebration and more about demanding urgent, tangible and long overdue action and accountability from the authorities.

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