International Inclusion Day For People with Disabilities
Yesterday was International Inclusion Day For People with Disabilities. I hope everyone has had a great day. Apart from more disability-related posts on social media today has been the same as many others for me. Awareness of the need for inclusion and its benefits is growing. This is a good thing for breaking down barriers that disabled people experience. Barriers still exist.
Inclusive Dance World Vision Festival
On Tuesday, 1st December 2020, my dance group were part of an inclusive dance festival in Moscow. Britain, along with many other countries celebrated the inclusivity of dance. The festival showed how everyone can be included and have fun. The Inclusive Dance World Vision festival apparently happens every year with amazing dancers travelling to Moscow to compete. Due to Covid-19, videos were submitted this year and the whole event was live-streamed on the day.
Inclusion in dance
I did plan on posting our competition entry but that will be revealed at our Freewheelin’ Christmas show on December 18th. Instead here is our first competition dance from a couple of years ago.
Inclusion for everyone
The disabled community continues to advise and raise awareness so access and acceptance will continue to increase. Everyone should be included no matter what their disability, race or religion. The barriers I face as a disabled person are mostly caused by society. Days like the International Day For People With Disabilities, Purple Tuesday and the Inclusive Dance World Vision festival show that attitudes towards disability are changing. Change is happening, this is proven in the thought that now goes into designing buildings so that they are inclusive.
