Category: Education and Disabilities

What does it mean to be a teacher with disabilities in India’s mainstream schools? This question guided a recently-completed pan-India study. Our goal was simple, but urgent: to listen to and amplify the voices of teachers with disabilities, whose realities remain largely invisible in education debates and policy. Read More

A new article in the IDS Bulletin synthesises the learning from three learning reports published in 2025 by Inclusive Futures programme on inclusive education projects across Bangladesh, Kenya, Tanzania, Nepal and Nigeria. Read More

When a child is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the moment often brings both clarity and uncertainty. For many parents in Kenya, it explains their child’s behaviours and developmental delays—but it also opens the door to a long, emotionally-demanding journey. Diagnosis is not the destination; it is just the… Read More

Persons with disabilities face intersecting barriers in education, compounded by gender, race and poverty. Read More

Some of the questions are: How can children’s and communities’ experiences drive foundational learning programmes that are rooted in their realities? How can schools and communities be helped to figure out and define what is meaningful and effective for the children they nurture—building belief, capacity, and a shared sense of… Read More

CIES Conference 2025, ‘Envisioning Education in a Digital Society’ had many examples of positive and innovative uses of digital technology – but strategies for reaching the most marginalised learners, including children with disabilities, were rarely discussed. Read More

The third Global Disability Summit takes place this week in Berlin, and policymakers, educators, and civil society actors attending will reflect on the progress made in making education more inclusive, and what challenges remain to be tackled. Read More

On 2-3 April 2025, Germany will be co-hosting the next Global Disability Summit in Berlin, together with Jordan and the International Disability Alliance (IDA). Read More