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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%88%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%A9" title="اليوم العالمي لذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="اليوم العالمي لذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%AB%D6%82%D5%B6_%D5%88%D5%92%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%B8%D5%B2_%D4%B1%D5%B6%D5%B1%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82_%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%95%D6%80" title="Հաշմանդամութիւն ՈՒնեցող Անձերու Միջազգային Օր – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Հաշմանդամութիւն ՈՒնեցող Անձերու Միջազգային Օր" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%ADa_Internacional_de_les_Persones_con_Discapacid%C3%A1" title="Día Internacional de les Persones con Discapacidá – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Día Internacional de les Persones con Discapacidá" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyn%C9%99lxalq_%C6%8Flill%C9%99r_G%C3%BCn%C3%BC" title="Beynəlxalq Əlillər Günü – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Beynəlxalq Əlillər Günü" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B8" title="বিশ্ব প্রতিবন্ধী দিবস – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বিশ্ব প্রতিবন্ধী দিবস" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D1%81_%D1%83%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Международен ден на хората с увреждания – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Международен ден на хората с увреждания" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me%C4%91unarodni_dan_osoba_sa_invaliditetom_Ujedinjenih_nacija" title="Međunarodni dan osoba sa invaliditetom Ujedinjenih nacija – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Međunarodni dan osoba sa invaliditetom Ujedinjenih nacija" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dia_Internacional_de_les_Persones_amb_Discapacitat" title="Dia Internacional de les Persones amb Discapacitat – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Dia Internacional de les Persones amb Discapacitat" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationaler_Tag_der_Menschen_mit_Behinderungen" title="Internationaler Tag der Menschen mit Behinderungen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Internationaler Tag der Menschen mit Behinderungen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahvusvaheline_puuetega_inimeste_p%C3%A4ev" title="Rahvusvaheline puuetega inimeste päev – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Rahvusvaheline puuetega inimeste päev" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%97%CE%BC%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B1_%CE%91%CF%84%CF%8C%CE%BC%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%BC%CE%B5_%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1" title="Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Ατόμων με Αναπηρία – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Ατόμων με Αναπηρία" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%ADa_Internacional_de_las_Personas_con_Discapacidad" title="Día Internacional de las Personas con Discapacidad – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Día Internacional de las Personas con Discapacidad" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internacia_Tago_por_Egalaj_Rajtoj_de_Handikapuloj" title="Internacia Tago por Egalaj Rajtoj de Handikapuloj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Internacia Tago por Egalaj Rajtoj de Handikapuloj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desgaitasuna_duten_Pertsonen_Nazioarteko_Eguna" title="Desgaitasuna duten Pertsonen Nazioarteko Eguna – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Desgaitasuna duten Pertsonen Nazioarteko Eguna" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86" title="روز جهانی کم‌توانان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="روز جهانی کم‌توانان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journ%C3%A9e_internationale_des_personnes_handicap%C3%A9es" title="Journée internationale des personnes handicapées – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Journée internationale des personnes handicapées" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B5%AD%EC%A0%9C_%EC%9E%A5%EC%95%A0%EC%9D%B8%EC%9D%98_%EB%82%A0" title="국제 장애인의 날 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="국제 장애인의 날" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6_%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%B8%D5%B2_%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B1%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%81_%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D6%85%D6%80" title="Հաշմանդամություն ունեցող անձանց միջազգային օր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հաշմանդամություն ունեցող անձանց միջազգային օր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me%C4%91unarodni_dan_osoba_s_invaliditetom" title="Međunarodni dan osoba s invaliditetom – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Međunarodni dan osoba s invaliditetom" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_Penyandang_Cacat_Internasional" title="Hari Penyandang Cacat Internasional – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Hari Penyandang Cacat Internasional" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giornata_internazionale_delle_persone_con_disabilit%C3%A0" title="Giornata internazionale delle persone con disabilità – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Giornata internazionale delle persone con disabilità" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99_%D7%9C%D7%96%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A2%D7%9D_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%92%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA" title="היום הבין-לאומי לזכויות אנשים עם מוגבלות – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="היום הבין-לאומי לזכויות אנשים עם מוגבלות" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siku_ya_Kimataifa_ya_Watu_Wenye_Ulemavu" title="Siku ya Kimataifa ya Watu Wenye Ulemavu – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Siku ya Kimataifa ya Watu Wenye Ulemavu" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" 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href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B3_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0_%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%82" title="അവശതയുള്ള ജനങ്ങളുടെ അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര ദിനം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അവശതയുള്ള ജനങ്ങളുടെ അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര ദിനം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_Orang_Kurang_Upaya_Antarabangsa" title="Hari Orang Kurang Upaya Antarabangsa – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Hari Orang Kurang Upaya Antarabangsa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa 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accessible and <a href="/wiki/Sustainability" title="Sustainability">sustainable</a> post <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> world"</li> <li>2021: "<a href="/wiki/Leadership" title="Leadership">Leadership</a> and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world"<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2022: "Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and <a href="/wiki/Equitable_right" title="Equitable right">equitable</a> world" <sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2023: "United in action to rescue and archive the SDGs for, with and by person with disabilities"</li> <li>2024: “Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future”<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>On the 2012 International Day of People with Disability, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_government" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom government">United Kingdom government</a> introduced mandatory work for disabled people who received welfare benefits in order to "Improve disabled peoples chances of getting work by mandatory employment". 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