'It acknowledges something many disabled advocates have been saying for decades: true social progress isn’t possible unless disabled people are at the centre of it. Inclusion isn’t a “nice to have”, it is essential to a thriving society.'
'So to celebrate this year’s International Day of Disabled Persons, Tiaho Trust and the EGL leadership group will be participating in the CDL Christmas Parade.'
'If you’re reading this early enough this Saturday morning, come down and check it out.
What better way to embody inclusion than by being visible, joyful and present in a public Christmas parade?
This year’s theme tells the world that disabled people belong at the centre of community life, not on the margins, not in policy documents, but right there on the main street, waving, laughing.
Now that’s a theme worth celebrating.'