Fifteen per cent of the world’s population – at least one billion people – have some form of disability, whether present at birth or acquired later in life. Nearly 240 million of them are children. One in every 10 children globally has a disability. 

Inclusion starts with the understanding that disability is the result of interactions between inaccessible environments and a person who has long-term impairments. Inclusion can be achieved when people work to break down physical barriers, when services are accessible to everyone, when policies equally benefit all individuals, when communications reach every person, regardless of if they are blind, deaf or have low literacy. But acting to move the world further in this direction requires an inclusive mindset as foundation.

This toolkit aims to provide insights, tools and resources to help you understand the barriers to the inclusion of children with disabilities, with a focus on stigma and discrimination, and to offer practical support for designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating social and behaviour change (SBC) interventions that include children with disabilities and their families and empower them to be included in their communities and enjoy the same opportunities as their peers.