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              • A man performs creatively with large fans, mist, and dramatic lighting, blending science and art. His expressive gestures and concentration highlight how artistic expression unites people across backgrounds and abilities.

                Multisensory music festivals making live performances enjoyable for the Deaf

                Sencity is a multisensory music festival designed from Deaf perspectives. It co-creates with artists with hearing disabilities and uses sign language, lights, vibrations, scents and taste so everyone can share the live experience. By 2025 it reached 2,000 visitors in 17+ countries.
                Stichting Possibilize, Sencity, Netherlands

              • In a hospital, a healthcare professional and a mother share a moment of joy with a young girl using a wheelchair. The girl’s radiant laughter reflects dignity and connection, emphasizing the importance of empathy and inclusion in medical care.

                Inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities in public hospitals

                Programa ASI, by Fundación Personas with the Regional Government of Castilla y León, adapts hospitals and day centres for people with intellectual disabilities and autism. It uses ASI cards, IT alerts, QR protocols, easy‑language materials and nurse case managers. It serves 3,000+ people/year with 8.9/10 satisfaction.
                Fundación Personas, Programa ASI – Atención Sanitaria Integral, Spain

              • Three girls are hug and smile at the camera, while wearing their uniforms.

                A rights-based approach for young people to have a place in mainstream classrooms

                The Inclusive Education Policy, implemented in 2018, is designed to ensure that all children and young people in Queensland attend their local state school. Each institution is allocated appropriate resources and funding. Individual support during implementation is provided by regional inclusion coaches.
                Queensland Department of Education, Inclusive Education Policy, Australia

              • Two persons gardening in their community home.

                Preparing people with psychosocial and mental disabilities to live in their own homes

                Residents in one of the "Preparation for Independent Living Centres" are provided with personalised professional support, counselling, and training to prepare them for living independently. From 2012 to 2018, 50 people had received support services and 16 had successfully moved on to their own independent lives and accommodations.
                Pro ACT Suport Association, Romania

              • A young volunteer teaching archery to a person with disabilities.

                Young Volunteers as Agents for Social Inclusion

                Unidos trains young people as volunteers – called "Allies" –, who then accompany people with disabilities to participate in the various Unidos social programmes. Through social franchising the programme has been rolled-out to six cities across the country, supporting 1,877 people with disabilities in 2017.
                Unidos Somos Iguales, Mexico

              • Enabling people with disabilities to vote from home and without assistance

                In partnership with Amazon and Microsoft, Democracy Live developed OmniBallot, an accessible online voting system available via computer, tablet, or smartphone, thus enabling people with disabilities to vote independent of support. Since its launch in 2015, over one million voters have used the system.
                Democracylive, OmniBallot, United States of America

              • Announce your visit and special request to stores and public services

                Using iBeacon and other technologies and accessibility features of regular smartphones, people with disabilities can specify their service need, such as a barrier-free entry or support and guidance and recipients can plan and prepare for the visit. From July 2017 to June 2018 1,000 people downloaded the app.
                Neatebox, “Welcome by Neatebox” App, United Kingdom

              • Three persons do weekly grocery shopping by themselves.

                A Home, a Cafe and Employment to Promote Deinstitutionalization

                In 2016, the Psychoanalytic Association set up a training café to employ ten people with psychosocial disabilities who had previously lived in closed institutions. As of 2018, the supportive independent living (SIL) programme oversees six group homes, two cafés, and 20 employed beneficiaries, all of whom now live on their own.
                Psychoanalytic Association, SIL programme, Kazakhstan

              • Disability-led centres providing a range of services for independent living

                FOH centres are run entirely by people with disabilities and aims to offer comprehensive services for such people in their home and throughout their daily lives. In 2017, 47 homes were adapted, 223 people were provided with transport, 120 people took part in sport or the arts, and 2,435 assistive devices were provided.
                Forum of the Handicapped, Lebanon

              • People with physical disabilities participating in a demonstration.

                Engaging persons with disabilities in all levels of politics

                DEC-N conducts regular dialogue with political parties and local public and non-government bodies to encourage inclusive policies, and an organizational taskforce supports voter registering and participation. Since 2012, some 200 people with disabilities have participated in local planning, 1,055 have registered to vote.
                DEC-Nepal - Disable Empowerment and Communication Center, Nepal