The 2025 Casual Day theme has been announced, “Beyond the Label: Embracing Unity Through Inclusion and Diversity”. The theme calls on society to look beyond a person’s disability or assistive device, and rather get to know the individual.
“We are calling on the public to truly see, appreciate, acknowledge, and respect persons with disabilities as complete human beings – equal to all human beings and entitled to the same human rights and freedoms. This is a call to move beyond labels and perceptions that reduce a person to their disability,” the event organisers state on the website.
Casual Day is a project of the National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD) and aims to raise funds for the organisation and its work. To support the project, the public is encouraged to purchase their R20 sticker or any of the merchandise available from the Casual Day website. Casual Day will take place on Friday, 5 September 2025.
