People with disabilities want to live side by side with able-bodied people — is that so much to ask?
That’s the message conveyed by a series of young Israeli adults with disabilities in a new video produced by Bizchut, the Israeli Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities, and Link20, an initiative of the Ruderman Family Foundation.
In the video, young adults critique those who verbally support people with disabilities but are too afraid to live in the same spaces as them.
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As of Thursday, the video has been watched over 200,000 times on Facebook.
תעשו מקום
בואו לראות אותנו, אנשים עם מוגבלות, כפי שמעולם לא ראיתם. נוקבים, ישירים ועומדים על זכותנו לגור בקהילה. כי לגור בקהילה זה לא הוסטל או מוסד, אלא דירה רגילה בשכונה רגילה. כמוך כמוני.אז תעשו כבוד ותעשו מקום. ובחייאת, תעשו שיתוף!בואו להכיר את משתפי הקמפיין ולקרוא על הצעת חוק דיור בקהילה בhttps://www.taasu-makom.com/הקמפיין הוא בשיתוף לינק Link 20 – הרשת לקידום צעירים עם מוגבלות מיסודה של קרן משפחת רודרמן וארגון בזכות. #תעשומקום #לינק_20 #עמותת_בזכות #בזכות
Posted by ארגון בזכות on Sunday, March 5, 2017
It is part of an advocacy campaign, “Make Room,” designed to promote awareness about housing rights in Israel — but its message goes far beyond politics.
Watch it above.
A participant in the ‘Make Room’ campaign for the inclusion of people with disabilities (YouTube screenshot)
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