About Disability Awareness Month
Each March, Disability Awareness Month is celebrated throughout Indiana. And given that adults and children with disabilities represent slightly more than 19 percent of Indiana’s population, disability awareness is important for all of us. Led by the Indiana Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities, the goal of Disability Awareness Month is to increase awareness and promote independence, integration and inclusion of all people with disabilities. The Council develops a unique theme for this annual event and produces campaign materials that are available free of charge to Hoosiers who want to help make a difference.
The 2012 campaign theme is “Celebrating Community.” The poster artwork features a community-based setting: a diverse group of people – of different ages, ethnicities, and abilities – meeting and talking together in their neighborhood park. The text, “Ignite community spirit: Get involved!,” calls us to develop relationships with our neighbors, making our community a place where everyone participates and is a valued member.
Affordable housing, services and supports, and opportunities for community participation, are all key to creating more inclusive, “livable communities.” When community members work together to adopt standards and policies that provide access to all, we create communities that are worth “celebrating!” This year’s Disability Awareness Month campaign materials are sponsored by Duke Energy.
This is the 22nd year for Disability Awareness Month. Won’t you join thousands of advocates and people with disabilities across the state by conducting community-based activities? Activities include events such as mayoral proclamations; art contests; and awareness campaigns in schools, businesses and government agencies.
Please visit our Materials Library to view and/or download materials that can help you plan and conduct an event in your area. To order our standardized kit, simply Order Online or print the Order Form and return it as noted. We'll then send you our free materials.
Thanks in advance for your efforts to help raise awareness and understanding of disability issues in your home, business, school or neighborhood!