INCLUSION INTERNATIONAL

08/10/2026

Most care systems quietly rely on families to fill the gaps.

In our research across 42 countries, 61% said families are assumed to be the main providers of care and support, but only 35% think families should be.

"There's a difference between support and control," a self-advocate from New Zealand told us.

Care and support is only inclusive when people with intellectual disabilities and their families are in control of it. 📖 Read the full report: https://inclusion-international.org/resource/dont-call-me-resilient-care-and-support-report/

30/09/2026

📅 Tomorrow, Thursday 1 October, 9am EDT / 2pm BST

At our World Congress last year, Inclusion Canada's session on medical assistance in dying (MAID) drew a lot of interest.

Members who missed it asked for a follow-up, so tomorrow we're co-hosting a webinar with Inclusion Canada for Inclusion International members.

💬 What MAID is and why it puts people with intellectual disabilities at risk
🌍 Members' experiences and concerns from other countries
🤝 How our network can support Inclusion Canada's advocacy
🔎 Before you join, check whether your country has any laws on assisted dying so you can share at the meeting.

Details 👇
https://inclusion-international.org/event/understanding-medical-assistance-in-dying-lessons-from-inclusion-canada/

Inclusion Canada

Last year, at Inclusion International’s World Congress, Inclusion Canada hosted a session about medical assistance in dying (MAID).  MAID is when a health professional helps a person to put an end to their life because the person asked for it.  The session at the World Congress got a lot of int...

29/09/2026

🏡 Care and support has to happen where people live.

"I spent 25 years in different institutions, and from 2012 I have lived in the community. And I have the freedom which I didn't have in institutions." A self-advocate from Romania

40% of families in our survey get no support at all from other people or their community.

Read the report 👉 https://inclusion-international.org/resource/dont-call-me-resilient-care-and-support-report/

24/09/2026

📅 Members: join us and Inclusion Canada on Thursday 1 October, 9am EDT / 2pm BST, to talk about medical assistance in dying (MAID).

We'll look at what MAID is, why it puts people with intellectual disabilities at risk, and how our network can support Inclusion Canada's advocacy.

🌍 Does your country have laws on assisted dying? Come ready to share.

Find out more 👇

Last year, at Inclusion International’s World Congress, Inclusion Canada hosted a session about medical assistance in dying (MAID).  MAID is when a health professional helps a person to put an end to their life because the person asked for it.  The session at the World Congress got a lot of int...

24/09/2026

💚 Families hold up care and support, but the pressure is too much.

"I am the main and only caregiver 24 hours a day. I have no support from other relatives or from any public or private entity." A mother from Spain

70% of family carers in our survey get no meaningful support for the care they give.

Read the report 👉 https://inclusion-international.org/resource/dont-call-me-resilient-care-and-support-report/

14/09/2026

🌍 In August, 20 members from eight countries joined our Listen Include Respect Summer School.

💬 "Good support is defined by the person that needs the support." Courtney Soto, Keystone Human Services

📖 Read more:

In August, Inclusion International held its Listen Include Respect Summer School, a series of sessions designed to train members and self-advocates on the Listen Include Respect (LIR) Guidelines and help them build a deeper understanding of what it means in practice. The goal was to give members a s...

09/09/2026

People with intellectual disabilities are not only people who receive care and support. They give it too.

Self-advocates in 15 countries told us how they look after their own children and older parents, run errands for family who are unwell, and support each other day to day.

🗣️ "It's about caring for one another." A self-advocate from the UK

Care policies still leave them out. That has to change.

Finding 1 of 3 from our new report, Don't Call Me Resilient. Read it here: https://inclusion-international.org/resource/dont-call-me-resilient-care-and-support-report/

01/09/2026

📣 Our new report on Care and Support is available to download.

Don't Call Me Resilient looks at how care and support systems are failing people with intellectual disabilities and their families, based on what people in 42 countries told us.

💚 61% say families are simply assumed to be the main providers of care
🤝 40% of families get no support at all from their community
🗣️ People with intellectual disabilities give care too, and they need support as well

Families should not have to be strong because the system is weak.

Read the full report 👉 https://inclusion-international.org/resource/dont-call-me-resilient-care-and-support-report/

31/08/2026

📍 The UN working group on a new Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child meets in Geneva this week, 31 August to 2 September, negotiating new commitments on free pre-primary and secondary education.

240 million children with disabilities have the right to inclusive, equitable and quality education. They are still among the most systematically excluded. Without explicit provisions on disability inclusion, "free education" will remain an empty promise for millions of children.

Monica Cortes shares Inclusion International's statement. We are calling for the right to education to be defined as the right to inclusive education, for "free" to include disability related costs, for zero rejection policies so no school can turn a child away, and for inclusive pre-primary and secondary education in every community.

Enrolment is the beginning, not the end. Free education is not universal until every child is included.

United Nations Human Rights

01/07/2026

What does it take to include children with disabilities in education during a humanitarian crisis?

For the past three years, Inclusion International has worked with the International Disability Alliance and our members in Colombia and Niger, with funding from Education Cannot Wait, to find out.

Together, we have worked with teachers, humanitarian organisations and families to test what works. Our members have led that work every step of the way.
Now we are turning those lessons into three new learning modules for our members 🌍