The international network of people with intellectual disabilities and their families.
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On the International Day of Care and Support, self-advocates at PSONI in Poland are calling for quick access to a doctor, respect everywhere they go, and care and support when they need it.
Read Don’t Call Me Resilient: buff.ly/JyqoyvM
Ruba, a self-advocate from AKIM Israel:
"We should be part of decision making in all aspects of our lives."
That includes care and support.
Our new report, Don't Call Me Resilient: buff.ly/reV621i
Parent Rony Laor on care and support:
"It's time to shift to a flexible, person-centered support budget that follows the individual, not the housing facility."
Our new report, Don't Call Me Resilient: buff.ly/JyqoyvM
Karolina, a sibling from PSONI in Poland, on what needs to change in care and support: personal assistance, supported living and supported decision making.
Our new report, Don't Call Me Resilient: buff.ly/JyqoyvM
Mukabarisa Felicite, parent and Chair of Disability Inclusion Rwanda: care and support should not be left to families alone. It must be shared by families, communities, governments and service providers.
Our new report, Don't Call Me Resilient: buff.ly/JyqoyvM
Princess Samuella, a self-advocate from Disability Inclusion Rwanda:
"The most important change I want is a care and support system that listens to us and involves us in decision making."
Our new report, Don't Call Me Resilient: buff.ly/JyqoyvM
Survivors of institutions: your story can help end institutionalisation 🎥
Record a short video about your life in and after the institution and send it by 15 Nov via WeTransfer to [email protected]. Then let us know: buff.ly/PExT1SE
29 Oct is the International Day of Care and Support. Join us as we launch our global report Don’t Call Me Resilient.
🌏 8am GMT (7pm Sydney): buff.ly/5sXl3Vr
🌍 2pm GMT (10am New York, Spanish interpretation): buff.ly/svKTCvX
Care systems assume families will fill the gaps.
61% say families are assumed to be the main providers of care, but only 35% think they should be.
It's time to fund support people actually control.
Our new report, Don't Call Me Resilient: buff.ly/prWh467
📅 Tomorrow, 9am EDT / 2pm BST
Inclusion International members: join us and Inclusion Canada to talk about medical assistance in dying (MAID) and the risks it poses for people with intellectual disabilities.
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Inclusive care and support can only happen in the community.
"I spent 25 years in different institutions. I have the freedom which I didn't have in institutions." A self-advocate from Romania
Read our new report 👉 buff.ly/CwqEOPp
📅 1 Oct, 2pm BST: members, join us and Inclusion Canada for a webinar on medical assistance in dying (MAID), why it puts people with intellectual disabilities at risk, and how we can respond together.
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Families give most of the care and support people with intellectual disabilities get.
70% of families in our survey get no meaningful support in return.
Read the report 👉 buff.ly/CwqEOPp
🌍 In August, 20 members from 8 countries joined our Listen Include Respect Summer School.
Four sessions on how to include self-advocates in their own organisations, from good support to inclusive meetings.
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People with intellectual disabilities give care and support too.
In 15 countries, self-advocates told us how they look after parents, children and each other.
Care systems still treat them only as people who receive care and support.
Read it 👉 buff.ly/kMe85I7
Our new report "Don't Call Me Resilient" is available to download.
Families and people with intellectual disabilities in 42 countries told us how care and support systems are failing them.
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ALT Cover for Inclusion International's 2026 report "Don't Call Me Resilient" showing a caregiver gently holding a child, illustrating how care and support systems are failing people with intellectual disabilities and their families.
ALT Finding 1: families provide most care for people with intellectual disabilities but face overwhelming pressure — 70% of family carers get no meaningful support; a photo below shows several family caregivers listening in a community meeting.
ALT Finding 2: People with intellectual disabilities provide care and support for family and each other and call for more accessible services — self-advocates in 15 countries reported giving care.
ALT Finding 3: Inclusive care and support can only happen in the community — people with intellectual disabilities need care where they live and 40% of families get no support; a masked worker sits at a table meeting a mother and child in a home doorway.
What does it take to include children with disabilities in education during an emergency?
We have worked with @IDA_CRPD_Forum and members in Colombia and Niger, funded by @EduCannotWait, to find out.
We're introducing 3 new learning modules built from those lessons 🌍
Janet Charchuk at #COSP19:
"The papers are too long. The meetings move too fast. And nobody asks if we understood. So we are in the room, but we cannot really be in the conversation. That is not participation, that is decoration."
Accessibility makes participation possible. #ListenIncludeRespect
Learn more about Listen Include Respect here: buff.ly/0TSHByR
Great to see so many members of the Inclusion International network together at #COSP19.
Bringing self-advocates, families, and organisations together strengthens our movement and our work for inclusion and rights worldwide.
