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Examining Disability Inclusion in India’s New National Education Policy
This blog was written by Tanushree Sarkar, a disabled woman and doctoral student in the Community Research and Action program at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. She has a Master’s degree in Social and Cultural Psychology from the London School of…
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Emerging from COVID-19 pandemic: A social inclusion approach to educating learners with disabilities
This blog was written by Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Disability Advisor, World Bank and Anna Cristina D’Addio, Senior Policy Analyst at the GEM Report. It was originally published on the World Education Blog on 19 October 2020. The onset…
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Blog
Every Learner Matters: Unpacking the learning crisis for children with disabilitiesAcross the world, the number of children with disabilities is growing. Increased awareness regarding learning, as well as invisible disabilities such as learning disabilities, are changing the composition of our classrooms. Better screening and…
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Empowering girls with disabilities through radical inclusion during and beyond COVID-19: Marie’s story
Photo: Marie types braille notes while listening to the national education programme on radio. (Photo Credit: Idrissa Kanjay, Sightsavers) This blog was written by Eric Musa, Inclusive Education Project Officer, Sightsavers Sierra Leone, in…
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Making Learning Accessible to All in Nepal
Birendra Giri, a visually impaired student from Nepal, took his 12th-grade exam this month. The exams had been postponed for seven months due to COVID-19, and Birendra is worried he was not well-prepared. “I did not have any Braille books at home,"…
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Overloaded: Families With Children Who Have Special Needs Are Bearing an Especially Heavy Weight, And Support Is Needed
This blog was written by the Center for Translational Neuroscience at the University of Oregon | Transformative Neuroscience for Social Change. It was originally posted on Medium. Due to the pandemic, families with children who have special…
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Shifting mindsets to support disability-inclusive education
This blog was written by Hanna Alaasutari, and Quentin Wodon. It was originally posted on Education for Global Development on December 3, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to rethink how to promote learning and resilience in education…
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Leave no child behind: Invest in the early years
Light for the World, ECDAN, IDDC, and GCE, with the support of Open Society Foundations, launched this report in November 2020. Millions of children under the age of five in low- and middle-income countries are at high risk of not achieving their full…
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Webinar
IDSL WEBINAR: Sign Language Research, Teaching, & Advocacy in 6 CountriesOn International Day of Sign Languages during International Week of the Deaf, Gallaudet University hosted this webinar with presentations from The Philippines, Canada, Iran, Argentina, Mexico, and Vietnam.
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Toolkit
Leonard Cheshire: Supporting children with disabilities at home during COVID-19: A resource pack for parents and caregivers.This resource pack, published in April 2020, provides advice and guidance for parents and caregivers on how best to protect and support their children with disabilities during the COVID-19 outbreak. Download the document.
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