Disability History Month runs from 18 November to 18 December every year. It is supported by many disability groups, unions, and voluntary organisations, who aim to promote disabled people's rights and their struggle for equality now and in the past. Every year the month focuses on a different theme - celebrating achievements and fighting for equality. For instance, 14-year-old Jonathan is non-verbal and a wheelchair user who was in a special school until his mother taught him to read and write by eye pointing on a perspex E Tran and eye gaze software. Jonathan went to a mainstream primary in Year 5. When he was twelve, he wrote the book 'Eye Can Write' and set up a charity. Pray for continued backing and funding for all those sharing resources to help people with disabilities, and helping able-bodied people to understand the struggles that disabled people have.
Disability History Month
Written by David Fletcher 03 Dec 2020Additional Info
- Pray: for God to empower all involved in promoting and helping people with disabilities to live independently with a full and active life on an equal basis with others. (Leviticus 19:14)
- More: www.facebook.com/UK-Disability-History-Month-OFFICIAL-262351827138558/