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International Year of the Disabled


International Year of the Disabled 1981 – An international conference in this year, which attempted to exclude disabled people from its discussion, led to the setting up of the first global network of disabled people known as ‘Disabled Peoples International’ with a slogan “Nothing About Us Without Us”.

International Year of the Disabled 1981 – An international conference in this year, which attempted to exclude disabled people from its discussion, led to the setting up of the first global network of disabled people known as ‘Disabled Peoples International’ with a slogan “Nothing About Us Without Us”.