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Resources, advice and evidence for international development professionals to ensure your programmes are inclusive for people with disabilities

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What is Inclusive Futures?
We’re development specialists from more than 20 organisations, sharing our expertise to make sure people with disabilities are included in international development.

We’re led by Sightsavers and funded by donors including UK Aid and USAID.

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Practical tools

Get specialist tips from our in‑depth toolkits and resource hubs.
View our evidence and resources

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Specialist guidance

Learn from our partners’ tried-and-tested experience on inclusion.
Meet our partners

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Global reach

See what our work has achieved in six countries across Asia and Africa.
Explore our programmes

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In 2023, we won a Zero Project award for our innovative programmes in Africa and Asia

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Do you know how to be inclusive?

Join host Adam Hills and take our Big Inclusion Quiz, to test your knowledge on how to include people with disabilities.

Read our toolkit

Our disability confident toolkit provides guidance for businesses and employers to help them build an inclusive workplace.

No more excuses!

Watch our video of the reasons given to justify excluding people with disabilities, and learn what you can do about it.

Disability inclusive sexual and reproductive health and rights

Access our resource hub on including people with disabilities in family planning information and services.

No more excuses

Watch our round-up of the reasons given to justify excluding 16% of the world's population, and take the next step to be more inclusive.

Disability confident employers’ toolkit

Our toolkit provides any business the practical guidance they need to build a disability-inclusive workplace.

Explore our resources

Our research draws on experiences of people with disabilities, providing valuable lessons for the development sector.
Use the drop-down box below to explore the areas we cover and view key resources.

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Our areas of work

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Employment

Learn how to make practical changes to the way companies recruit and train people with disabilities.
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Health

All people with disabilities should be able to access health care, when and where they need it.
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Education

Our education programmes ensure learning is more accessible for all children with disabilities.
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Stigma and discrimination

Tackling negative attitudes around disability to free people from discrimination.

Explore our programmes by country

See where we work

In three years, Inclusive Futures’ Disability Inclusion Helpdesk has produced more than 130 reports, papers and resources related to disability inclusion in at least 24 countries

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Hear from our partners around the world

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Nepal

“I hope that real inclusion will happen some time in the future.”

Shiva Acharya, Nepal country lead,
Humanity & Inclusion
Read Shiva’s story

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Bangladesh

“People are not talking with people with disability, others are talking.”

Mohua Paul, co-founder,
Access Bangladesh Foundation
Read Mohua’s story

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Kenya

“I’m so excited all our organisations are coming together.”

Edwin Osundwa, director,
Sense International, Kenya
Read Edwin’s story

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Our people

Inclusive Futures are specialists and global leaders in disability and development from more than 20 global organisations.

Our partners