Disability History Month 2023

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Disability History Month 2023

Calendar showing November 16 to December 16

Disability History Month starts on November 16 and ends on December 16 2023.

A man and woman are talking

It is a chance for us to:

  • talk about disability history
A UN Disability Rights poster with three people with disabilities pointing to it
  • celebrate the changes we have made so more people with disabilities are included in everyday life
A group of people with different disabilities and ages
  • and talk about what more we can do to make sure people are included.
A woman standing with a yellow sign that has the UK Disability History Month logo

Disability History Month has been celebrated in the UK every year since 2010.

Each year, there is a different theme for Disability History Month.

A theme is the main idea that is talked about for this year to do with disability history.

A group of teenagers and a younger child in a wheelchair with her mother

This year, the theme is ‘disability, children and youth’.

A man thinking with a thought bubble above his head with a mother and child inside it

This means we will think about how disabled children were treated in the past and how they are treated today.

A man holding a sign with a red cross with a line then showing the same man holding a sign with a green tick showing improvement

And we can think about what we can do to make the future better for disabled children

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This easy read was created on 22 November 2023.

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