International Day of People with Disabilities Celebration

The City of Vincent and YDAN invite young people with disabilities and friends to come and enjoy afternoon tea and relaxed activities. Come and celebrate International Day of People with Disabilities with us and create, learn, and connect with the community.

While registering is not necessary to attend, we do encourage anyone with accessibility or dietary requirements to register so we can ensure we meet those needs. Registering will also ensure entry to the event if we happen to reach room capacity.

2022 IDPwD Theme: Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fueling an accessible and equitable world.

A panel of young people with disabilities will be discussing what this year's theme means to them, and what innovative design has done to enhance accessibility in their own lives.

In addition to the panel, a young disabled artist will be facilitating the painting of a collaborative community banner. We will also be running a fun activity to help us think about creative and innovative solutions to accessibility problems found in everyday life.

What does young disabled people and friends mean? Any young disabled people (12-25) and people who consider themselves friends to the community.

Schedule:

While we do have scheduled activities, we encourage everyone to participate at their own comfort level and take the time to socialise and engage with your community.

2:00pm: Welcome

2:15pm: Painting, and design activities

3:15pm: Break

3:35: Panel

4:25 pm: Raffle Pull

4:35pm: Goodbyes

The schedule may change slightly on the day, the order of activities will remain the same if you wish to only attend a certain part of the event.

Accessibility:

• Wheelchair access
• Accessible bathrooms
• Masks and sanitisers provided
• Reduced smells, for both sensory and chemical sensitivities
• Sensory friendly room for breaks
• Seating available throughout the venue

We understand that people may not wear masks for accessibility purposes, but we do encourage those who can mask up to do so as much as is reasonable to help ensure our event is as accessible as possible for higher risk individuals.

We also ask that attendees aid us in ensuring we keep reduced smells by refraining from wearing excessive or strong smells such as perfumes, and body sprays. This includes natural products.

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