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Our membership is open to individuals and organisations who share our vision of inclusion. Strengthen our impact, join our network.

Frequently Asked Questions

By becoming a part of the Inclusion International network, organisations and individuals get access to a number of member benefits.

Some of these include:

Access to a network of over 200 like-minded organisations for learning exchanges and information sharing
Opportunities to participate in our 10 working groups and discussion groups, which allow you to connect with other members on topics of mutual interest – such as employment, closing institutions, sexual and reproductive health, sibling support, and more!
Opportunities to take part in consultations and campaigns that give you a change to raise your voice and help set global agendas
Access to member-only information, resources, and technical tools that can support you in your work to promote inclusion
Access to an online learning platform exclusively for Inclusion International members that features e-learning modules about topics important to our network
Opportunities to promote your work, such as featuring your work in our Global Reports, newsletters, or at our conferences and events
Regular networking activities with the member organisations in your region to help you build connections close to home
Member discounts for participation in paid events, such as World Congresses
Helping to set the direction of the organisation by voting on important issues at General Assemblies and electing our leadership (for full members only).

Members also benefit from the advice and support of our staff team, and supported by a specific staff liaison who can help them access the full benefits of the network.

Organisations or individuals can be a member of Inclusion International.

A member is anyone who:

Supports our vision for inclusion
Agrees to our Statement of Unity for inclusion and
Pays the membership fee

Your application goes through lots of checks to make sure your organisation agrees with our vision for inclusion.

These are the steps for becoming a member:

You complete the application form at the bottom of this page.
Your application is received by our staff team, and forwarded to the Membership Committee representative for your region.
Your application is reviewed by our Membership Committee. The Membership Committee meets once every 3 months to review applications.
If the Membership Committee thinks you should become a member of the network, your application is passed on to our Council for approval.
If you are accepted as a new member by the Council, your membership will begin as soon as your fee is paid.
Your membership will be officially ratified at our next General Assembly meeting by our full members. You can still access all of the benefits of membership while you wait for General Assembly approval, as long as your membership fee is paid.

To become an individual member, you must agree with our vision for inclusion.

Individual members do not need to submit the application form below to become members.

To become an individual member:

Visit the payments page of our website.
At the top of the page under the word “Donate”, write your name and the words “individual membership” in the message line.
Pay your $55.00 USD individual membership fee.

Your individual membership fee payment will be received by our team, and your membership will come into effect immediately!

Full members are self-advocacy or family led organisations that are recognised as having a voice advancing inclusion at a country level.

Affiliate members are any other organizations that work partially or fully on issues affecting people with intellectual disability and their families. For example, this could inclusive cross-disability organisations, development organisations, or service providers. The only criteria is that they must support our Statement of Unity.

Individual members are any person who shares the values of Inclusion International.

Only full members have a say in how Inclusion International is run.

For example:

full members can elect Officers and Regional Representatives to be part of the Inclusion International Council
full members help to set the direction of the organisation by taking part and voting on important issues at our General Assembly and other meetings. For example, adopting our strategic plan and policy positions and approving new members.

Affiliate members and individual members cannot vote or nominate Officers and Council members, but they can participate equally in all other parts of the network’s work.

For new members, the membership fees are decided by the size of your organisation.

Large, Medium and Small organisations will pay different membership fees.

The final decision about the size of your organisation will be made by our Membership Committee after reviewing your application.

Fees

	Full members	Affiliate members
Large	$3,494 / €3,144	$1,398 / €1,258
Medium	$1,747 / €1,572	$699 / €628
Small Plus	$874 / €785	$349 / €314
Small Regular	$437 / €394	$174 / €158
Small	$140 / €125	$70 / €64

Membership fee guide prices

Read our Statement of Unity

If your organisation or group is interested in joining our network, please complete this short application form.

Application form for Organizations

Step 1 of 4

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To be eligible for membership of Inclusion International we ask all members to share the values and goals expressed in Inclusion International’s Statement of Unity.

Please confirm you have read the statement and agree with it(Required)

Yes

Contact information

Name of your organisation(Required)

Address of your organisation

Country(Required)

We work in 5 regions across the world- in which region is your organisation based?(Required)

Language(Required)

Website

Name of primary contact(Required)

Job title of primary contact(Required)

Email address of primary contact(Required)

Please confirm we can add your email address to our mailing list:(Required)

Yes

Phone number of your Primary Contact(Required)

Is there any other email address you would like copied on emails about your membership?

About your organisation

When was your organisation founded?(Required)

What type of organisation are you? Please select all that apply.(Required)

Family-led organization – family members of people with intellectual disability sit on the Board and make decisions about how the organization runs.

Self-advocacy organization – people with intellectual disability sit on the Board and make decisions about how the organization runs.

Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPD) – your organization is run by and for people with disabilities, including other disability groups.

Service provider – you provide support and services to people with disabilities, and the organization is run by professionals.

NGO/Development organisations – you organization is engaged in working for aid, development, humanitarian work, and welfare of the most vulnerable in the community.

Other

Please provide more detail about what type of organization you are.

Please share some information about why you chose the category or categories you selected above.

Are any of the following topics priority areas for your organization?

Inclusive education

Inclusive employment

Closing institutions (congregated living facilities where people with disabilities are placed) and living in the community

Legal capacity and supported decision-making

Political participation of people with disabilities

Access to justice for people with disabilities

Support for families of people with disabilities

Inclusive development and humanitarian aid

Please select all that apply.

What are your organization's main activities?

Governance

How many board members does your organisation have?(Required)

By “board members,” we mean the group of people who are registered as the decision-makers of your organization. They could also be called Trustees or Officers.

Do any of the members of your Board of Directors have an intellectual disability?

If yes, please list how many people with intellectual disabilities are on your board.

How many Board members are family members of people with intellectual disabilities?(Required)

If you don’t have family members of people with intellectual disabilities on the board, please answer 0.

Of the family board members you listed above, how many are parents?

Of the family board members you listed above, how many are siblings?

How many paid staff members (employees) does your organisation have?(Required)

If your organization is run and staffed only by volunteers, please answer 0.

How many paid staff are people with intellectual disabilities?(Required)

If your organisation doesn’t employ people with intellectual disabilities please answer 0.

Describe the work organisation does to empower individuals with intellectual disabilities to make choices and have control over their lives.(Required)

Some examples could be self-advocacy work, work on legal capacity, supported decision making, support for independent living. If you don’t do this kind of work, please answer N/A.

Describe the work your organisation does to support families of persons with intellectual disabilities.(Required)

If you don’t do this kind of work please answer N/A.

Describe the work your organisation does to remove barriers and challenges in your communities so that people with intellectual disabilities are fully accepted and they can do what everyone else does.(Required)

Some examples could be work you to to make sure people with intellectual disabilities can go to mainstream schools alongside children without disabilities, work you do to make the labour market more inclusive, advocacy work that you do about inclusion, etc. If you do not do this type of work, please answer N/A.

Are you familiar with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)?(Required)

Yes

Do you use the Convention on the Rights of people with Disability (CRPD) as a tool to guide your work and ensure that people with disability have access to the same rights and opportunities as everybody else?(Required)

Yes

Are you a national organisation working across the country, or a local/provincial/state organisation?(Required)

If your organisation is a member of a national organisation, please provide the name of the national organisation:

This could be a national disability federation or another national network.

Membership Section

Does your organization have members?

Yes

* These could be local organizations or individuals, and they usually have a say in decision-making at your organization. Please note that service users would not be considered members if they do not have a say in how the organization is run.

If you are a member-based organization, who makes up your members?

People with intellectual disabilities

Families of people with intellectual disabilities

People with disabilities from other disability groups (for example, people with physical disabilities, people with deafblindness, etc.)

Other groups of people (for example, youth, carers, indigenous people, etc.)

Other organizations in your country

Please provide more detail about your members.

How are they involved in the work of the organization?

If your organization does not have a membership structure, please tell us more about who your organization works with and how you work with them.

If you have services, who are your service users? In what ways does your organization interact with individuals, if any?

How many members or service users do you have in total?

Please provide any additional details about your members or service users here.

Budget

What is the annual budget of your organisation?(Required)

Do you consider the size of your organisation to be(Required)

Large

Medium

Small

Please upload a copy of your organization's budget – We will use this information to help put your organization in a size category.(Required)

Max. file size: 100 MB.

Inclusion International members pay an annual membership fee to be part of the network and to access resources. Have you reviewed the fee list on our website?(Required)

Yes

You can find the list of our membership fees above this application on the “Join our Network” page of our website.

Type of membership

To answer the question below please refer to our types of membership document

Which type of membership are you applying for?(Required)

Full membership (For family or self-advocacy based organization recognized as a national organization or as having a voice advancing inclusion at a country level. Not a member of one of our existing full members.)

Affiliate membership (For any other organisation working fully or partially on issues affecting people with intellectual disability but which don’t meet the criteria for full membership)

Please note that only organizations led by people with intellectual disabilities and their families are eligible to be full members. If your organization does not have people with intellectual disabilities and families on your board and making the decisions in your organization, please choose “affiliate.”

Why do you want to be a member of Inclusion International?(Required)

What are the main benefits you would expect from being a member?(Required)

How did you learn about Inclusion International?(Required)

Please use this field to share any other information that you would like the Membership Committee to consider when reviewing your application.

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