Proclamation march held ahead of Kerala Disability Festival

Ahead of the Kerala Disability Festival scheduled astatine the Kozhikode Beach from January 29 to February 1, organisers held a proclamation march titled ‘Kerala Runs’ astatine the formation connected Wednesday to spotlight disablement rights, inclusion, and accessibility.

“The thought is to determination distant from seeing disablement done sympathy and alternatively recognise it arsenic a question of rights and adjacent information successful society,” said Baiju Ayadathil, adjunct lawsuit coordinator. He added that the festival aims to situation the content that disablement lies with the idiosyncratic and alternatively gully attraction to societal systems and environments that neglect to see everyone.

The march called for adjacent opportunities for persons with disabilities successful education, workplaces, and nationalist spaces, portion besides inviting nationalist information successful the four-day festival. Organisers utilized the run to rise consciousness astir the 21 categories of disabilities recognised nether the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, and stressed the request to follow cosmopolitan plan successful nationalist infrastructure, transport, and integer platforms.

The march started from South Beach and concluded astatine Freedom Square. Kozhikode territory panchayat president Milly Mohan flagged disconnected the event, portion Assistant Commissioner of Police A.M. Siddique administered an oath urging efforts to marque Kerala disablement friendly. Actors Nirmal Palazhi, Devarajan, and Aman Ali joined the march on with representatives from the societal and rehabilitation sectors.

The Kerala Disability Festival volition diagnostic interactive acquisition zones highlighting antithetic disabilities, world discussions connected rights, education, employment, technology, and intelligence health, and taste programmes by artistes of divers abilities. Organisers person invited the public, students, professionals, policymakers, and persons with disabilities to enactment successful the festival.