3rd of December is the UN international day of persons with disabillties. Article one of the UN CRPD layout's purpose is the present convention to promote and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights, fundamental freedom by all person with a disabilities , and to promote respect for their inherent dignity. The theme for the day is transformative solutions for inclusive development , the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world. For me the aim of the day is to promote and rise awareness of batter understand of disability issues. Today the world population is over 8 billion people, and more than one billion people or approximately 15 per cent of the world's population , live with some form of disability , 80 per cent live in developing countries. Building on many decades of UN's work in this field of disability , the convention on the rights of persons with a disability adopted in 2006. Children with a disability are almost four times more likely to experience violence than non disabled children. Adults with disabilities are 1.5 times as more likely to be a victim of violence than without a disability.
Adults with a mental health conditions are at nearly four time of experience violence. Apart from having this day we are in the middle of Disability History Month (16th November -16th December) It's important to reflect on developments , but still look to more changes. I would like to see more people in employment, I'm very passionate about this issue. From a recent report by the Office of U.K. Statistics in April to June 2022 53.1% (down) by 0.6 ) of disabled people in the uk were in employment , compared to 81.9% (up by 0.6) of non disabled people. People should choose whether they should stay up late, it's not up to a social worker or anyone else, as we all know years ago we had institutions and in my opinion they were a waste of money and not nice places.
That's why self directed support is in place, a budget to use to support care needs, however in some parts of Scotland, many experience it's a postcode lottery. We need work to continue to raise awareness of disability issues, at the same time break down barriers.