Mainstreaming disability in development cannot be a reality without having disabled people being actively engaged in all development processes and interventions, through their representative organisations.
Non-disabled advocates are as important as disabled ones: Having more people with disabilities working in the development sector is not enough to better address disability in development.
Include disability in development courses: Future development practitioners are not being sensitised to the fact that disability is an inherent component of international development.
Resources: In my opinion, the best go-to guide for the inclusion of disability in development is 'Inclusion made easy' from CBM International.
Mahesh Chandrasekar, international policy manager for Leonard Cheshire Disability, said as "mainstreaming" disability in development was fairly new, DfID had the opportunity to play a leadership role.
Due to lack of government registers of people with disabilities in general, and users of assistive technology in particular, the non-government organization Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) was contacted in order to find eligible respondents.
One day, the rehabilitation worker informed us that the Centre for Disability in Development (CDD), a nationwide non-governmental organization based in Dhaka, would provide my son with an artificial leg.
Due to a lack of government registers of people with disabilities, the non-government organization Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) was contacted in order to find eligible respondents.
I would like to see service commissioners employ people with learning disabilities in these development roles, working alongside non-disabled people.
