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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Correspondence, White House Office of:
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Folder Title: National Arts with the Handicapped
Week
Box: Box 75(1984)
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Last Updated: 05/3/2023
OF
THE UNITED THE STATES. OF
SEAL
National Arts With the Handicapped
Week, 1984
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Art flows from and nourishes the human spirit. Through art, we learn to
understand ourselves and our potential. For disabled people, the creative
experience-whether as artists, audiences, educators, or students-is an es-
sential part of leading a full and productive life. It is an important means for
the disabled to be integrated into the mainstream of educational and cultural
programs as well.
Therefore, it is critical that our cultural institutions, educators, and communi-
ties strive to assure that disabled people can participate fully in the arts. The
National Committee Arts with the Handicapped, an educational affiliate of the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, is dedicated to extending
opportunities for such participation. It conducts education programs in all fifty
States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Funded by both the public
and private sectors, the Committee is celebrating its tenth anniversary this
year. To mark this achievement, the Committee is sponsoring a very special
arts festival during the week of May 20, 1984, in Washington, District of
Columbia.
In recognition of the importance of the arts in enriching the lives of disabled
persons and in celebration of the work of the National Committee Arts with
the Handicapped, the Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 220, has designat-
ed the week of May 20, 1984, as "National Arts with the Handicapped Week"
and authorized and requested the President to issue an appropriate proclama-
tion.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim the week of May 20, 1984, through May 26, 1984,
as National Arts with the Handicapped Week. I encourage the people of the
United States to observe the week with appropriate ceremonies, programs and
activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of May,
in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-four, and of the Independ-
ence of the United States of America the two hundred and eighth.
Ronald Reagan