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              • Large-scale rehabilitation project provided by an insurance company


                 

                Started in 2009, the MAIS model aims to minimize the difficulties faced by people who have incurred a disability as the result of a labour accident. To this end, it brings together all relevant stakeholders from the individual’s environment, including employers, family, community as well as social and medical institutions.
                Mutual de Seguridad C.Ch.C, Modelo de Atención Integral en Salud (MAIS), Chile

              • A man who has had his right hand and left leg amputated sits next to an upturned bike in a workshop and examines the chain.

                Providing bicycles and training to support income-generation activities

                 

                Since 2001, AABRAR has run a bicycle-training programme with a monthly intake of 20 participants. A trainer teaches the trainees how to repair and ride bicycles, which are modified by AABRAR's mechanics to accommodate the needs of the trainees' disabilities. By 2020, 7,000 people have been trained.
                AABRAR - Afghan Amputee Bicylists for Rehabilitation and Recreation, Bicycle Training Programme, Afghanistan

              • Two women on a wheelchair learning in a workshop.

                Leadership programme for women with disabilities

                The selected participants attend workshops where they learn to self-advocate and empower others, after which they implement their own small projects. To date, 24 women have completed the programme, with 12 having since received formal leadership positions or promotions. A further 470 women have been reached via the small projects.
                Light for the World Austria, Women Leadership Programme, Cambodia

              • Three individuals who appears to have physical disabilities are seated on their respective wheelchairs holding a bond paper with the words "Persönliche Assistenz", "bundeseinheitlich", and "bedarfsgerecht", which translates into "Personal Assistance", "uniformed regulations" and "needs-based".

                Facilitating personal assistance service provision to persons with disabilities

                WAG Assistenzgenossenschaft (WAG), an Austrian non-profit cooperative founded by people with disabilities, has been operating a personal assistance service model since 2002. The model allows high flexibility for the beneficiaries, and WAG acts as a legal employer for 685 assistants as of 2022.
                WAG Assistenzgenossenschaft, Cooperative personal assistance model in Austria, Austria

              • Multinational IT-manufacturer developing an accessible hiring and workplace programme

                Flex Zhuhai is the Chinese subsidiary of Flex Ltd, a leading electronics contract manufacturer. In 2015, Flex Zhuhai implemented an accessibility programme, including accessible hiring practices and an internship programme. By 2021 the number of employees with disabilities had increased from 13 to more than 200.
                Flex Ltd., Barrier free programme, China

              • Jewellery production – creating jobs for persons with intellectual disabilities

                Jhankar is an NGO that runs a costume jewellery business where the products are designed and produced by people with intellectual disabilities. Jhankar provides skills development opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities and transforms them into entrepreneurs who become socially and economically integrated in their communities.
                Jhankar, India

              • Bringing organisations together to campaign for national disability legislation.

                Strategic engagement with government to push for national disability legislation

                Mphasis funded the NCPEDP with the purpose of advocating for a national disability policy. The programme carried out an intensive, multifaceted drive to bring together people with disabilities and government representatives. The effort resulted in the passage of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act in 2016.
                Mphasis, Ltd., India

              • A young woman and a man in a wheelchair share a joyful moment, laughing together. The woman’s expression is warm and encouraging, creating a sense of mutual understanding and friendship. This image highlights the beauty of genuine connections and the inclusivity that brings people together, regardless of physical differences.

                A prestigious arts centre offering individually focused internships, often leading to successful careers

                The Kennedy Center’s RKI program in DC offers arts internships to youth with disabilities. By 2024, 910 alumni excelled in roles like actors, filmmakers, and administrators, with annual intakes of 15-30 interns.
                The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Office of Accessibility and VSA, Rosemary Kennedy Initiative, United States of America

              • A happy child with physical disabilities thanks to Mobiloo A picture inside the mobile toilet.

                The first mobile bathroom for people with complex physical disabilities

                Mobiloo – a Northern Irish social enterprise active throughout Ireland and the United Kingdom – has created the first mobile bathroom for people with complex physical disabilities at outdoor events. In addition to a clean toilet, Mobiloo bathrooms provide changing tables, hoists, and adequate space for large wheelchairs and/or a personal assistant.
                AccessoLoo, Disability Pride Belfast & Vehicles for Change, United Kingdom

              • The study group poses for a photo, while some are sitting or standing in a park.

                Teaching reading and writing to adults with intellectual disabilities in institutions

                The Ed-Recovery Academy focuses on people with intellectual disabilities living in psychiatric institutions who do not have literacy skills and teaches them reading, grammar and mathematics. The teaching is done through an easy-to-read methodology and by incorporating life skills into the curriculum.
                Psychoanalytic Association, Ed-Recovery Academy, Kazakhstan