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              • A work coach model for persons with intellectual disabilities

                The Sana employment project consists of four phases: assessment, job matching, evaluation, and training by work coaches. The project started in 2015 with one hotel in Amman. As of mid-2020 the programme has completed training of 150 participants, of whom 80 have received employment.
                Sana for Special Individuals, Sana Work Program, Jordan

              • A group picture of people with different disabilities by the Machu Picchu site.

                Wheelchair-accessible tours in Amazonia, the Galapagos Islands and Machu Picchu

                SAFA offers tours to various South America destinations that are accessible by wheelchair users (including hotels, restaurants, availability of accessible transport, etc.). SAFA therefore developed a systematic approach to evaluating potential locations. In 2016 approximately 300 wheelchair users booked tours.
                South America For All, Ecuador

              • With a big smile a young woman sits in a wheelchair in front of a pinkish house facade decorated with a variety of pink flowers and plants. It's windows and door stand wide open.

                GIS-based mapping and improving of accessible water, sanitation , and hygiene (WASH) facilities

                ZWASH is conducting GIS-based mapping to assess the accessibility of toilet facilities in schools and health centres in Zambia. The data will be used by World Vision and government agencies to provide accessible toilets and WASH facilities where they are most needed. ZWASH will be rolled out in more than 40 other countries.
                World Vision, Zambia Water Sanitation and Hygiene (ZWASH), Zambia

              • Five persons, two women and three men with different disabilities hold up signs saying: “Breaking barriers, access for all!” They are at a booth at the World Youth Forum in Sharm El-Sheikh.

                Using analytic tools to make workplaces more accessible and jobs more inclusive

                Helm is working with companies in Egypt to provide both job analysis for recruitment and accessibility consultancy services, including accessibility audits. By 2020, Helm had completed a total of 1,063 accessibility audits in a number of sectors and helped recruit 100 people with disabilities.
                Helm, Workplace Inclusive Solutions, Egypt

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                A curriculum for advancing the UN CRPD – in six languages

                The aim is to create a flexible and adaptable yet comprehensive curriculum centred on the core concepts of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). By 2016 the curriculum has been utilized in training in more than 15 countries on six continents and has reached more than 5,000 disability advocates and allies.
                Syracuse University, Burton Blatt Institute, United States of America

              • This graphic shows a pallet of 8 different colors. Below is the lettering: "Eco and accessible colors. Reduced ink and improved accessbility: Web Content accessibility guidelines (WCAG) score: AA

                Global accessibility and digital inclusion strategy for a multinational IT company

                With its Global Accessibility and Digital Inclusion Strategy, the global IT service provider Atos introduced a policy for accessibility and digital inclusion back in 2010, covering more than 70 country offices. Its measures focus not only on internal areas but also on the entire supply chain.
                Atos, Global Accessibility & Digital Inclusion Governance, United Kingdom

              • The graphic shows five slightly worn out books held together by a black headphone in front of a library shelf. On top of the 5 books is a smartphone facing us where the words "Tiflonexos" are written in black and blue letters.

                Network of users with visual disabilities creating and

                growing its digital library

                Tiflolibros is a digital library for visually impaired people in the Spanish-speaking world, launched by the NGO Asociación Tiflonexos in Argentina. Since its launch in 2001 until 2021, more than 65,000 accessible books have been made available free of charge.
                Tiflonexos Association, Biblioteca Tiflolibros, Argentina

              • Sonu Gogna is blind person in an organisation converting books into DAISY © Saksham

                India's approach is characterised by its particularly inclusive and non-bureaucratic nature. As long as the converter ensures that converted formats are only accessed by persons with disabilities, the non-profit adaptation, reproduction, or communication to the public of a work in any accessible format is allowed.
                Government of India, India

              • Persons with disabilities working as call centre agents at Xceed.

                A national effort to promote employment in the ICT sector

                The programme equips people with various disabilities with the skills required for work in the ICT sector, and places them in appropriate companies. Launched in 2013, it has trained 467 people by 2016. 83% of them (one third women) are employed full-time in 16 companies and are paid entirely by their employers.
                MCIT - Egypt Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Employment Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Programme of 2013 Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), in cooperation with Misr El Kheir Foundation (MEK), Chamber of Communications and Information Technology (CIT) and Daesn, Egypt, Egypt

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                How-To' Guides and Resource Directory for parents and caregivers

                Exceptional Lives provides free, easy-to-follow information for parents and caregivers of children and young adults with disabilities. The online platform offers "How-To" Guides using a unique decision tree software that allows parents to be interactive and limits the information to only what the family needs.
                Exceptional Lives, Inc, United States of America