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              • A young woman stands in a car park wearing a maroon jacket and black polo shirt. She is wearing a staff lanyard and looking at the camera and smiling. Behind her is the storefront of Staples.

                A skills-based approach to matching jobseekers with autism to local employers

                An individualized job-matching process is designed to identify 'hidden' skills and to help develop strategies for people with autism and developmental disabilities to connect with the workforce. The practice, pioneered in Canada, was also implemented in 2014 in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh.
                Avalon Employment, Inc., Autism Employment Facilitator, Canada

              • Five men in working uniforms are wearing green helmets. One of them in kneeling on the floor working with a cable. A man to his right holds together two tubes.

                Moving inactive people with disabilities from social services to employment

                A multidisciplinary team provides training, support, and internship opportunities to inactive youth with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities. Between 2017 and 2019, One-on-one has been working with 228 employers and supporting 2,054 people with disabilities to transition to employment.
                ONCE Foundation, One-on-one, Spain

              • An African woman standing with the help of crutches is dropping a paper in a translucent plastic rectangular container placed on top of a bench in the middle of the room with sunshine coming from the right side window.

                An Inclusive Election Guide developed in a Sub-Saharan Country

                In the run-up to the 2015 elections in Burkina Faso, Light for the World facilitated solutions that removed barriers for persons with disabilities regarding political participation. An inclusive election guide was developed, ballots were printed in Braille, and legislative bodies hired people with disabilities to ensure equality.
                Light for the World (LFTW), Inclusive Election Guide, Burkina Faso

              • Six individuals of different races who appears to have intellectual disabilities standing in front of a large bookshelf half-filled with books. One woman in the group has her arms around the shoulder of one of the two women who appears to also have intellectual disability sitting in front of the group.

                Persons with intellectual disabilities becoming self-advocates in politics

                Beit Issie Shapiro (BIS) and Israel Elwyn, both from Israel, launched a self- and collective-advocacy and leadership development programme for people with intellectual disabilities in 2011. By 2022 the number of self-advocates increased from 20 to 150, and the Israeli government regularly requests their input.
                Beit Issie Shapiro, A self and collective advocacy and leadership development programme for people with Intellectual Disabilities, Israel

              • Enable Client with refreshable Braille notetaker.

                Learn, try, and test assistive technology

                "Tech Able" lets visitors experience assistive technologies and encourages innovators, manufacturers, and marketers to collaborate. Tech Able also houses a communications lab for persons with disabilities. More than 800 people have benefitted from Tech Able between 2015 and 2018.
                SG Enable, "Tech Able“ Showroom, Singapore

              • Many children are sitting on the carpets and writing on their labs in a blue class room.

                Providing Inclusive Education in camps for internally displaced persons (IDP)

                The project provides training for teachers, support for children and their families, and training for relief workers to identify disabilities and make their emergency services more inclusive. Since 2019, Light for the World has been working in partnership with relief agencies and NGOs in three camps in Southern Sudan.
                Light for the World Austria, IDP Programme, South Sudan

              • A replicable model for accessible programmes in libraries and other public spaces

                Punggol Regional Library's Accessible Programmes let persons with disabilities design, lead and sell work through inclusive library activities. Participation rose from 118 to 5,557 after the 2023 launch. Open-source tools, honoraria and staff training support replication.
                National Library Board, Singapore , Accessible Programmes, Singapore

              • A one-stop shop offering audits, training, and resources to improve digital inclusion

                Théseus offers audits, training and practical resources to improve digital inclusion. A team of certified accessibility experts with disabilities leads the services. Since 2022 it delivered 250+ audits, trained 4,000+ people and published 122 learning materials. Annual budget ~€50,000.
                Teiresiás Centre, Masaryk University, Theseus, Czech Republic

              • A family walks along a sunny street as a father pushes a young girl in a wheelchair, accompanied by her mother. The image gently conveys love, care, and the importance of accessible urban spaces for all families, including those with disabilities.

                An off-road, ergonomic, and foldable wheelchair that grows with the child

                The Cub Pediatric Wheelchair is an all-terrain, foldable, adjustable EU-certified medical chair that grows with the child. Priced $400–$454 with tiered discounts for low-income countries. Over 3,000 children in 40+ countries use it; plans include local assembly and wider scale-up.
                Participant Assistive Products, Cub Pediatric Wheelchair, Mexico

              • A man stands smiling with people sitting around him and signing. He is touching the hand of a woman sitting next to him to correct a sign she is making.

                Young people trained as Disability Inclusion Facilitators to motivate employers

                The Make 12.4% Work initiative is led by young people with disabilities who are trained and certified as Disability Inclusion Facilitators. They train member organizations to become more inclusive. From 2018 to 2020, 124 organizations have become members and 5,700 people have benefited.
                Light for the World Austria, Make 12.4% Work-Initiative, Uganda