Not much into blogging these days, got a lot of [unfun] stuff going on, but I did want to underscore the upcoming week dedicated to persons with disabilities in Québec. Indeed, from June 1st to 7th, people will get out their love of persons with disabilities during “la semaine québécoise des personnes handicapées“. This special week has been around in Québec since about 1996, after the federal government decided to drop its equivalent “semaine nationale pour l’intégration des personnes handicapées” (or the SNIPH and that we somewhat affectionately called “the sniff sniff”).
Anyway, I could write a long rant about what I think of these kinds of thematic weeks or days or whatever but, aside from not having much time or energy at the moment, I guess I have to respect that some organisations for persons with disabilities see some value in these kinds of initiatives, if only to perhaps squeeze a little more much needed funds out of the relevant government agencies. And besides, I had already touched upon my feelings on this sort of thing last year in this post (in French) for the United Nations’ International Day of Disabled Persons.