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  Electoral inclusion campaign for people with intellectual disabilities

  ICanVote is a campaign to support the right of people with intellectual disabilities to participate in elections. It focuses on providing three key components: easy language and dual-read content on political citizenship, online campaign information through web and social media, and multimedia materials in easy read language.
  Inclusion Melbourne, ICanVote, Australia

• Stimulating political participation for persons with an intellectual disability

  Self-advocates of Our New Future explore the possibilities and barriers to participating in local and regional political meetings. Together with advisors they work out ways to enable people with intellectual disabilities to access political processes. Political bodies are given tools to better support their participation.
  Onze Nieuwe Toekomst, Belgium

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  Using Theatre in Schools to Address Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities

  Theatre practitioner Augosto Boal developed Forum Theatre in Brazil in the 1970s in which scenes portray incidents of social injustice that are relevant to the audience. Keystone Moldova uses the Forum Theatre method in schools and kindergartens to increase awareness of discrimination and its impact.
  Keystone Human Services International - Moldova Association, Forum Theatre, Moldova

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  Moving children and adults back to their families or community-based homes

  "Community for All" partners with the central government and NGOs to transfer children and adults from institutions back to their families or into community-based homes, and offers services such as education, health care, and social care to support them. From 2015 to 2018, some 2000 people benefitted from programme’s community-based services.
  Keystone Human Services International - Moldova Association, Community for All Moldova, Moldova

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  Offering individualised support and sharing lessons learned

  Members of the "Next Steps" project provide support to people with intellectual disabilities so that they can live a life of their choosing, especially to move from congregated settings into community-based settings. By 2015, 23 organisations were involved and 242 individuals had participated in the project.
  Fedvol - National Federation of Voluntary Bodies, Ireland

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  Demonstrating supported decision-making to change national guardianship laws

  Bizchut supports people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities as well as autism to retain control over important life decisions, with the assistance of trained professionals and volunteers. From 2014 to 2018, approximately 2,300 individuals have received training and 50 have received supported decision-making services.
  BIZCHUT - Israel Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities, Israel

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  Study kit about citizenship and personal rights

  The objective is to develop and tools and information that provide people with cognitive disabilities with knowledge of their personal rights, and to give them tools for practicing these rights. Based on positive experiences, a project has been initiated in 2014 to extend access to the kit to adults with more severe cognitive disabilities.
  Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, Denmark

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  NGO federation training and placing young adults with intellectual disabilities

  The programme addresses the needs of both young jobseekers with intellectual disabilities and employers by offering training and continuous guidance to ensure high retention rates. Inclusion Mauritius also trains its beneficiaries to become self-advocates. From 2018 to 2020, 162 young adults were trained.
  Inclusion Mauritius, Supported Employment, Mauritius

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  Accessibility assessments of urban areas using 114 indicators

  PPAS AU is a paper-based assessment form to review the level of ease by which persons with disabilities, the elderly, and children can move through public spaces such as a pavements, crossings, and buildings. PPAS AU has been used in six neighbourhoods in and around Montréal since the start of the initiative in 2015.
  Logic Society, PPAS AU Audit of Safe Active Pedestrian Potential, Canada

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  ÖZIV ACCESS offers comprehensive consultancy services and tailor-made solutions to companies that employ persons with disabilities.

  ÖZIV ACCESS offers consultancy and solutions in the field of accessibility. Consultants advise in the fields of built environment, design, communications and social accessibility. Tailor-made training is also offered in order to increase sensitivity and advise a specific group of individuals, e.g. employees, in dealing with persons with disabilities.
  OEZIV - Austrian Civil Invalid Association, One-stop-shop for Austrian employers, Austria