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              • Two girl are clapping their hands and a blind boy is touching something in front of him, getting information by his teacher.

                A worldwide online library of good practices in Inclusive Education

                DIVERSA serves as a "resource bank" on inclusive education for educators, policy makers and other stakeholders. The website includes disability data, policies, and strategies as well as stories and articles. Although it is available in Portuguese only, DIVERSA has had users from more than 100 countries.
                Rodrigo Mendes Institute, DIVERSA, Brazil

              • A man stands on a pallet in front of a green screen in a studio space, dressed in dark attire, possibly in the midst of filming or photography. Crew members are silhouetted, creating an atmosphere of creative collaboration. This scene underscores inclusivity in creative arts, where diverse teams come together behind the scenes.

                Film production by deaf entrepreneurs, making accessible films for a hearing-impaired audience

                Supervisuell AS in Norway produces accessible films for the deaf community. By 2024, it created 400+ videos and provided permanent jobs for 7 deaf individuals and temporary roles for 30 annually.
                Supervisuell, Supervisuell film productions, Norway

              • The photo shows a group of children and young adults, likely of South Asian origin, gathered in front of a banner. The banner highlights the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) training of children with visual impairment on laptops and mobiles. The children are holding up what appear to be smartphones with screens displaying an interface, possibly indicating a tool or app designed to assist visually impaired users. The image conveys a sense of community, learning, and the empowering role of technology in enhancing the lives of individuals with disabilities. The setting suggests an event or gathering to promote accessibility and inclusion through technological education.

                A concerted effort for the usage of accessible ICT devices supporting children with disabilities in low-income contexts

                Sightsavers India, a national NGO, promotes inclusive education with accessible ICT devices in remote areas. In 2022, it supported over 6,000 visually impaired learners across mainstream primary and secondary schools.
                Sightsavers India, Eight-State Inclusive Education Programme, India

              • A blind students plays an electronic piano. His teacher stands next to him and uses a mobile phone with the SM Music app. There is music equipment visible in the background of the room.

                Blind programmers developing free software for blind users

                In 2015 the Sao Mai Vocational & Assistive Technology Center for the Blind started developing software for blind users. By 2020 three products were released and are available free of charge: SM Braille, the Burmese TTS engine, and the SM Music Reader. The positive response is reflected in the increasing number of monthly downloads.
                Sao Mai Center for the Blind, Vocational and Assistive Technology Center for the Blind, Vietnam

              • The image shows a hand touching the surface of a touch screen device that depicts a design plan for the Parc de La Villette in Paris with its buildings, parks and streets.

                Inclusive design agency promoting access to arts and culture

                By combining digital and multisensory elements, Tactile Studio, a design agency from France, designs accessible experiences for museums and other cultural institutions aimed at people with visual impairments, combining digital and multisensory elements.
                Tactile Studio France, Inclusive & multi-sensory pathways, France

              • A young person attentively uses a smartphone, exploring a movie app in a modest indoor space. The image reflects how technology opens doors to culture, learning, and inclusion—bridging social and economic gaps in access to digital information and entertainment.

                AI-powered and free audio descriptions making movies available for blind audiences

                Nobaflix is a streaming service that uses AI to create audio descriptions for blind and visually impaired viewers. It combines sponsorships and low subscriptions, leverages legal copyright exceptions, partners with NGOs and tech firms, and has expanded across South Asia since May 2023.
                No Barrier Foundation, Nobaflix, India

              • Jobs for the most marginalised people with disabilities

                The project focuses on three main areas: Targeted skills development, interventions and responds to the specific needs and interests of the participants and home-based enterprises for those with severe mobility challenges. From 324 participants in 2014 to 2016, 254 have found employment, 49% were female.
                Sightsavers, Project “Connecting the Dots”, United Kingdom

              • Enabling people with disabilities to vote from home and without assistance

                In partnership with Amazon and Microsoft, Democracy Live developed OmniBallot, an accessible online voting system available via computer, tablet, or smartphone, thus enabling people with disabilities to vote independent of support. Since its launch in 2015, over one million voters have used the system.
                Democracylive, OmniBallot, United States of America

              • People with different disabilities on a rafting trip.

                A ‘buddy’ programme for travelers with and without disabilities

                Planet Abled provides accessible travel solutions and leisure excursions for people with various disabilities. It also matches people of different disabilities and offers a travel buddy programme in which (previously trained) people without disabilities and those with disabilities travel together, both as paying customers.
                Planet Abled, India

              • A young woman working on a project in a technical training institution.

                Making training centres accessible

                With the advice of Light for the World, Young Africa Mozambique has adapted their already existing training schedules by reducing the barriers to enable young people with disabilities to study with their peers. Two new accessible hostels were constructed to accommodate 128 young people, one existing hostel was renovated.
                Young Africa, Mozambique