IINTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABLITIES

WORKING TOGETHER: (Top left) NDIS client Sandra (right) working side by side with a support worker as part of Boandik’s work as an NDIS service provider.

ALL ABOUT THE SMILE: (Bottom left) Boandik client Phil making use of Boandik’s Community Wellbeing Centre as part of Boandik’s NDIS service provision.

and to challenge our perceptions and attitudes about disability,” Mr Moore said.

Founded in 1956, Boandik is a registered provider of services for participants of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in the Limestone Coast community. The Australian Network on Disability defines disability as “any condition that restricts a person’s mental, sensory or mobility functions”.

“Disability may be caused by accident, trauma, genetics or disease. A disability may be temporary or permanent, total or partial, lifelong or acquired, visible or invisible.”

The United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs writes: “The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilise support for the dignity, rights and wellbeing of persons with disabilities”.

The theme selected for this year’s IDPwD by the United Nations is ‘transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world’.

The annual observance of IDPwD on December 3 was proclaimed in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3