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TODAY, September 26, is ‘Make Way Day’, a campaign that brings the disability and wider community together to consider the needs of people with disabilities in the public spaces we all share.
Led by the Disability Federation of Irelandand, it is a unique collaboration across Ireland and the voluntary and local government sectors.
The top three of obstacles that stop people with disabilities in their tracks are cars parked on footpaths, bicycles illegally parked and bins left on footpaths.
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The whole point of the day is making the public aware of an issue which in fully within their power to change. Leading the charge are people with disabilities. Local authorities and disability organisations supply low adhesive stickers that are used to mark obstacles.
“Hey, this blocks my way!” is the message. Photos and videos are taken and posted and shared on social media using #MakeWayDay and #MakeWayDayTOWN.
The campaign was phenomenally successful last year, reaching over 1,000,000 people on social media and appearing on RTE news bulletins across the day.
