International Day of Persons with Disabilities: A blog party

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Infinite Ability UCMS & GTB Hospital, Delhi, India is proud to host the first blog party devoted to

International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPwD)

December 3, 2011

PwD's, care givers and family members from around the world are invited to share their stories and

educate others about how they overcome their disabilities.

The United Nations (UN) designated December 3 as International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPwD)http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=1561

The theme of this year is

"Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development."

The list of disabilities include autism spectrum disorders, blindness, cerebral palsy, chronic neurological conditions, Deaf-blindness, Dwarfism, hemophilia, hearing impairment, intellectual disability, leprosy-cured, locomotor disability, mental illness, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, specific learning disabilities, speech impairment and thalassemia.

In line with the theme and in order to develop awareness on a global level, we solicit blogs from all those who are interested. Beginning November 3, we will start uploading received blogs to celebrate month long activities directed towards IDPwD and culminating on 3rd Dec 2011.Your contributions are welcome on the email: satendra@...

The selected blogs will be uploaded on the site 'Infinite Ability' accessible at http://infiniteability.yolasite.com/Best,Dr Satendra Singh, MD, FSSAssistant Professor of PhysiologyUniversity College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital, Delhi, India-110095Coordinator, Equal Opportunity CellFounder, Infinite AbilityInfinite Ability: exploring disAbility through creativity<http://infiniteability.yolasite.com/>Medical Education Unit, UCMS <http://medicaleducationunit.yolasite.com/><http://medicaleducationunit.yolasite.com/members-pages.php>Enabling Unit, EOC, UCMS <http://enablingunit.yolasite.com/> "Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way." -Abraham Lincoln