York Disability Week
Promoting an equal, inclusive and accessible York
The programme is now finished until York Disability Week 2023 (25th November to 3rd December).
Visit the York Disability Week website to see the full 2022 event list. Or check out the full programme and the ‘programme at a glance’.
Email us on disability@yorkhumanrights.org if you would like to know more.
York Disability Week programme 2022 LRDid we miss your event?
We would love to hear from you if you or your organisation or group ran events to celebrate Disability History Month (Nov-December) and/or York Disability Week 2022 (26th Nov to 3rd Dec) that we missed and would like to be added to our mailing list for next year.
The International Day for People with Disabilities 3rd December
Since the autumn of 2016, we have worked with a range of disability organisations, individuals and their allies in the city to develop awareness of Disability History Month (November to December) and the UN International Day for People with Disabilities (3rd December). The initiative has really gathered pace. UK Disability History Month (UKDHM) is an annual event, running since 2010, that works to create a platform for focus on the history of disabled peoples struggle for equality and human rights. International Day of Disabled People is a day observed by the United Nations. This started in 1992, by United Nations General Assembly resolution (47/3). Its aim is to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilise support for the dignity, rights and well-being of disabled people. It also seeks to increase awareness of gains to be derived from the integration of disabled people in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.
The 2022 programme received financial support from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and City of York Council.