Friday, March 28, 2014

Let's go out for Developmental Disabilities

March is national Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month and The Kindness Project invites you to join us to help raise awareness about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). 




What should you do? Simply make plans to go out somewhere in public on Saturday, March 29. That’s all. Just plan a day out and about with friends and family or by yourself enjoying the things you like to do. And, in the process help raise awareness and generate some conversation about people with I/DD. 

This one-day movement will serve to harness our collective power to gain allies, foster understanding, dispel myths and encourage people without disabilities to recognize that we’re not so different after all.This March 29, let’s all go out and start breaking down those social barriers.. 

This is your chance to personally help raise awareness about people with I/DD just by being yourself and participating in the things you enjoy alongside others in your community without disabilities. 

If you are a person with I/DD, make plans to hit the movies, the park, your local shopping center or restaurant for a day out and maybe spark some conversation in the process. Or, if you are a friend or family member of a person with I/DD, make plans to enjoy a fun activity together in public.

Spread the word using the hashtag #DDAware on social media during the month of March.



By Heidi Shebaro
Founder of "The Kindness Project in the Middle East", a teacher and a blogger

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