Thanks largely to advocacy by disabled people, the concept of ‘mainstreaming’ has entered the development debate and development programmes have started to contain a disability component. Many development workers now talk of a ‘twin-track’ approach combining inclusive and special services for disabled people, but debates on the subject still continue.

For inclusive development to take place, there needs to be awareness and understanding about disability issues among development workers, and a policy framework needs to be in place. This key list contains manuals for training and awareness-raising on inclusive approaches, as well as policy documents. It also contains resources documenting development programmes’ experiences of inclusion.

This key list has been updated in partnership with the Mainstreaming Disability in Development Co-operation Project . This is an International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC) project financed by the European Commission to break the cycle of poverty and disability in developing countries. The overall objective of this project is to promote transnationally a coherent and coordinated approach to mainstream disability in development co-operation policies of 25 European Union Member States, the European Institutions, and European NGOs working in the fields of development cooperation and humanitarian aid.

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