“If disabled people stopped complaining, everything would be better!“Here is one of the shocking phrases from the new #KillLaBetise campaign of the association for the social and professional integration of people with disabilities (ADAPT), launched on June 3, 2016. This is the second offensive of the association which wishes combat the prejudices faced by people with disabilities. Because 10 years after the vote of the law of February 11, 2005 for equal rights and opportunities, participation and citizenship of disabled people, its application is still slow in coming. “It is clear that in 2016, the recognition of the disabled person as a full individual is not the reality!“laments Eric Blanchet, general manager of L’ADAPT, in a press release.
Humor and provocation against prejudice
“By addressing the different aspects of the daily life of people affected by disability and disabling illnesses, the #KillLaBetise campaign aims to raise awareness and make as many of us react to what has become daily indifference.” he adds. Thus, the campaign posters evoke for example the difficulties of access to buildings and the right to have children. They challenge with humor and provocation, two weapons “necessary to overcome the stage of dramatization and promote awareness and change of posture“, explains the president of the association.
Three million disabled victims of discrimination
In France, disability and disabling illnesses affect nearly 12 million people. According to the Direction of the animation of research, studies and statistics (DARES), three million of them declared to have already been the subject of discrimination during their life because of their state of health. . For 87 years now, L’ADAPT’s mission has been to support disabled people in their ordinary struggle: that of their daily life. Countryside #KillLaBetise is to follow on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube with an appointment every June 3 and December 3, for 3 years.
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