Disability and Inclusion

This March, the deaf community has found a new ally in the beloved children’s television show. Deaf Child Worldwide tell us more on World Hearing Day.

Disability overlaps with many inequalities – so why don’t disability and inequality activists collaborate more? A new toolkit, based on research in Ghana and Kenya, aims to close that gap.

Mark Mapemba, Self-Advocacy Coordinator at Inclusion International, on why development organisations should work with disability organisations as equal partners from the start of projects if they want them to be truly inclusive.

Sightsavers reports on the successful piloting of Voluntary Stakeholder Reviews, which enable NGOs to explore the different ways their work relates to the sustainable development agenda

This new blog looks at why including all people with disabilities matters by exploring invisible and unrecognised disabilities, and what their exclusion reveals about how disability is understood within inequality campaigning and social justice movements. 

Humanitarians say no one should be left behind. Yet when disasters strike, the data they rely on often erases people with disabilities. The Survey for Inclusive Rapid Assessment (SIRA) could help change that.

Why funders must stop seeing organisations for disabled people as high-cost options and start seeing them as vital partners in creating a fairer, more inclusive world.

As aid cuts deepen, Mark Barrell and Elizabeth Sidell of the Bond Disability and Development Group explain why inclusion is central to true value for money.

The inclusion of all people and the creation of accessible processes are essential for a fully-functioning democracy. Understanding how AI is already intersecting with civic and political spaces, and how it can be made more accessible, is critical for ensuring democratic cultures not only survive but thrive.