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              • A tour guide in front of many Renaissance paintings gives a tour to visiters, who are sitting or standing in a big exibition room of the Staatlichen Museum Schwerin.

                Training people with disabilities to be museum guides

                Capito Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, together with the Staatliches Museum Schwerin, has developed a course that trains people with disabilities as art mediators. The course not only teaches art history, but also skills in dealing in dealing and communicating with different visitors or in handling difficult situations.
                capito Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, New Ways to Art, Germany

              • Girl sits in a bean bags, while reading on her tablet using Bookshare.

                Accessible eBook library with over 775,000 books in 47 languages

                Benetech’s software platform renders books and other print materials into five accessible digital formats.The organization works with 900 publishers and NGOs. Membership in Bookshare is free for eligible US students, while individuals from the US and other countries pay up to a maximum of USD 50 per year.
                Benetech, Bookshare, United States of America

              • In the photo, we see a heartwarming interaction between two individuals outside a wooden structure. On the left, a man with a beard, wearing a white coat suggesting he may be a healthcare professional, is holding the hands of the person on the right, who is seated in a specialized green mobility aid, which appears to be a wheelchair. The seated individual, who seems to have a disability, is smiling joyfully during the interaction. The setting appears informal and outdoors, with personal items and a fan visible in the background, indicating a casual, possibly home or community environment. The image conveys themes of care, assistance, and the positive impact of human connection.

                Low-cost and resourceful provision of therapeutical as well as pedagogical services to children in remote areas

                Caminos de Tiza by Escuelita Ambulante, Argentina: Provides support in remote areas, focusing on early disorder detection and assistive devices. Reached 14 communities and 365 children in 2023, training 10,000 teachers from 2014 to 2023.
                Chalk Roads Mobile School, Caminos de Tiza, Argentina

              • Communication guide with pictograms for emergency situations faced by Guardia Civil

                The Communication Guide with Pictograms helps Guardia Civil officers communicate with people who have disabilities or language barriers in emergencies. The 46-page guide uses over 100 pictograms across 11 scenarios, is on devices of 82,000 officers, and is free to replicate.
                ONCE Foundation, Communication Guide for Emergency Situations, Spain

              • This picture shows Nat, a man with cerebral palsy, while he is using the voiceitt app with a touch screen pen attached to his baseball cap. In front of him are two screens and a tablet.

                App-based machine learning enabling persons with speech disabilities to be understood

                Voiceitt is an app that uses AI to recognize the speech patterns of its users and enables people with speech disabilities to communicate in their own voice and directly with others. The app, developed by a start-up company from Israel, uses Artificial Intelligence components to continuously improve its automated speech recognition capabilities.
                Voiceitt, Voiceitt, Israel

              • This is a joyful and diverse group of individuals posing together in a park. They are smiling and several are raising their arms in celebration or greeting. The group is casually dressed, suggesting a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. One person is using a motorized wheelchair, illustrating inclusivity and the representation of people with disabilities. The lush greenery in the background adds to the sense of community and connection to nature. The image conveys themes of happiness, diversity, inclusion, and equality, as the group appears united and supportive of one another.

                A training designed and organized by young people with disabilities to empower community workers

                Youth Disability Advocacy Service's Together: Access & Inclusion Training, Australia: Online and in-person training designed and delivered by persons with disabilities. Grew to 1,647 participants between 2018 and 2023, focusing on storytelling and lived experiences.
                Youth Affairs Council Victoria, Together: Access & Inclusion Training, Australia

              • How to include regional DPOs in education programmes funded by international development agencies

                Sightsavers' Inclusive Futures, Multiple Countries: Integrates children with disabilities aged 4-14 into mainstream schools across five countries. Led by organizations of persons with disabilities, enrolled 1,607 children in 2021 and 2022, modeling international development funding.
                Sightsavers, Inclusive Futures, Bangladesh

              • In a modest sewing workshop, several women and one man are seated at tables with sewing machines, focusing on their work. The space promotes skill development and self-reliance, empowering individuals within their community. The image reflects dedication and inclusiveness in a supportive setting.

                Empowering young people affected by armed conflict with training and job opportunities

                SOPRODE in Congo trains conflict-affected youth in vocational skills. Between 2020-2024, 485 trained (186 with disabilities), 24 found jobs, and 76 started businesses in agriculture, tailoring, and more.
                Solidarity for the Protection of the Rights of the Child, SOPRODE ASBL, Empowering vulnerable young people through vocational training and employment opportunities, Congo

              • New guidelines are making Mexican elections accessible

                The "Protocol for the Inclusion of People with Disabilities" is a binding national protocol. It contains requirements and guidelines for the availability of Braille ballots, improved physical access for people with mobility impairments, hospital polling stations as well as the reduction of both informative and communicative barriers.
                Mexican National Electoral Institute, Mexico

              • Children in school uniforms walk outside, grapping each other by the shoulders to be leaded back to the classroom.

                Converting special schools into Inclusive Education centres

                In 2018 CBM, in partnership with the Jairos Jiri Association, began converting three special schools into Inclusive Education centres. Each centre has a specific focus and serves also as an education platform on inclusion for local governments, companies, and schools while working closely with the community.
                CBM Christoffel-Blindenmission Christian Blind Mission e.V. (CBM), Inclusive Educational Centres in Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe