For World Down Syndrome Day on March 21, 2025, CoorDown is launching the international awareness campaign "NO DECISION WITHOUT US” to demand the presence of people with disabilities … read moreat the tables where decisions are made, whether regarding personal autonomy or a social and civic role. Inclusion will never be possible if the decisions that shape the world are made only by a few, for a few. It is not just a matter of providing specific opportunities to include, but about changing the way we all live together: people with disabilities want to be where decisions are made and where the world is designed. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), at least one billion people, 15 percent of the global population, live with a disability. But where are these people when the world they live in takes shape? They are not the protagonists; the rooms where decisions are made remain closed and there is a risk that they are becoming increasingly inaccessible. This applies to all people with disabilities.
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