Easy to Understand
Global Disability Inclusion Report – Easy to Understand Summary
Report
This is an easy-to-read summary of a big report about disability. The report is called the Global Disability Inclusion Report (GDIR).
The summary uses simple words and short sentences. It helps everyone understand what the report says.
What is in the summary?
The summary talks about:
- What the report is about
- How different parts of who we are affect our experience with disability
- What countries are doing to follow disability rights laws
- Big changes happening around the world that affect people with disabilities
- How to make inclusion happen faster
- Things that different groups can do better
Who made this summary?
People with intellectual disabilities helped make this summary. They are called self-advocates.
Self-advocates from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Americas worked together. They had online meetings to talk about the report.
They followed the Listen Include Respect Guidelines to make the summary easy to understand.
Why is this summary important?
Everyone has the right to get information in a way they can understand.
This easy-to-read summary helps people with intellectual disabilities:
- Get the same information as everyone else
- Know what governments are doing about disability
- Use this information for their advocacy work
- Join in talks about disability rights
We thank the International Disability Alliance and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development for helping to fund this summary.