International Day of People with Disability

International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) is a United Nations observed day held on 3 December each year.

In Australia, IDPwD is a joint effort between government, schools, organisations, community groups, businesses and individuals.

The Australian Government through the Department of Social Services funds a national program and this website to help promote and raise awareness of this day.

The IDPwD program aligns with Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-31 and aims to increase public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability.

Learn more about IDPwD

Updated November 24, 2025
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Unseen: how i lost my vision but found my voice
Burke, Molly.
Paper Book
From social media star and disability activist Molly Burke, a vulnerable and witty memoir on navigating the challenges of being a legally blind woman in an ableist world When Molly Burke was four years old, she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare degenerative eye...
A sign of her own
Marsh, Sarah (Novelist)
Paper Book
A mesmerizing tale of historical fiction that follows a deaf former student of Alexander Graham Bell as she learns to reclaim her own authentic voice. Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she and her fiancé receive an unexpected visit from Alexander Graham Bell. Ellen is deaf and...
A Un Paso de Ti / Out on a Limb
Bonam-Young, Hannah
Paper Book
Un rollo de una noche (y su inesperado resultado) conducen a una joven a dar el paso para confiar en alguien nuevo. Descubre la tierna y sorprendente novela con la que Hannah Bonam-Young, autora viral de BookTok, se ha ganado a una legión de lectores internacionales. ...
Dateable: swiping right, hooking up, and settling down while
Cupp, Caroline
Paper Book
A much-needed guide to dating--from apps to hooking up, sex, long-term relationships and more--from disabled essayist and author Jessica Slice and bioethicist Caroline Cupp. Disabled people date, have casual sex, marry, and parent. Yet our romantic lives are conspicuously...
You never know : a novel of domestic suspense
Briscoe, Connie
Paper Book
"The thing I love about Connie Briscoe now is the same thing I've always loved about Connie Briscoe--she writes highly commercial, pacey, character-driven stories. She was made for domestic suspense." --Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author The revered New York Times...
All Tangled Up in Autism and Chronic Illness : A guide to navigating multiple conditions
Clement, Charli.
Paper Book
In this ground-breaking debut, Charli Clement combines their own experiences alongside unique short profiles from individuals with chronic illness, to provide an intimate and insightful look at the complexities of living as an autistic and chronically ill person. From navigating your...
Soul jar : thirty-one fantastical tales by disabled authors
Carl, Annie
Paper Book
Foreword by Nicola Griffith, author of Hild and Spear  Too often, science fiction and fantasy stories erase--or cure--characters with disabilities. Soul Jar, edited by author and bookstore owner Annie Carl, features thirty-one stories by disabled...
Easy beauty : a memoir
Cooper Jones, Chloé
Paper Book
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Memoir or Autobiography A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 * Vulture's #1 Memoir of 2022 * A Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA TODAY, Time, BuzzFeed, Publishers Weekly,...
The country of the blind : a memoir at the end of sight
Leland, Andrew
Audiobook
FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE  Named one of the best books of the year by: THE NEW YORKER * THE WASHINGTON POST * THE ATLANTIC * NPR * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * LITHUB "Fascinating...The great strength of this memoir is its voracious, humble...
Hunchback : a novel
Ichikawa, Saō
Paper Book
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE, THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE...
Different, not less : a neurodivergent's guide to embracing your true self and finding your happily ever after
Hayden, Chloe
Ebook
True biz : a novel
Novi?, Sara
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * A "tender, beautiful and radiantly outraged" (The New York Times Book Review) novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the deaf, from the...
Last Call at the Local
Ruiz, Sarah Grunder
Paper Book
Raine Hart is used to the challenges of living with ADHD. It's why she ditched her life in Boston to busk around Europe as a traveling musician. No boss. No schedule. No one to disappoint but herself. But when a careless mistake in Ireland leaves her unable to perform, she sees no other option but...
Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
Wong, Alice.
Paper Book
The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms. What is intimacy? More than...
Beautiful people : my thirteen truths about disability
Blake, Melissa (Blogger)
Audiobook
Disability activist and social media influencer Melissa Blake offers a frank, illuminating memoir and a call to action for disabled people and allies.  In the summer of 2019, journalist Melissa Blake penned an op-ed for CNN Opinion. A conservative pundit caught...

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