Inclusion International’s self-advocacy networks and groups bring together people with intellectual disabilities from around the world who have been trained on their rights and who do advocacy in their communities.

Members of Inclusion International have self-advocates groups that are active in local communities and at the national level in different countries.

Self-advocate leaders from those groups take part in Inclusion International’s regional and global self-advocacy networks – where they share the work their groups do in their country, and connect with self-advocates from other countries.

Through regular meetings, the self-advocate leaders share experiences, talk about what works for doing advocacy, and support one another.

Our Self-Advocacy Networks

We support these global and regional groups – all of which are led by self-advocate leaders:

Global Groups

Plena Internacional Global Self-Advocacy Meetings

  • Self-advocates from everyone across the globe are invited to come together once a month to talk about self-advocacy, leadership and participation. These meetings are hosted jointly by Inclusion International by our member Plena Inclusion. Self-advocates can participate in English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese.
  • Contact: Mark

Survivor Network

  • This self-advocacy network is only for survivors of institutions. This network is for survivors to have a place to share their experiences, learn about their rights, and work together to help more people move out of institutions and live in their communities.
  • Contact: Olivia

Regional Groups

Empower Us Latin America

  • Self-advocates from Latin America are invited to monthly meetings to share their experiences, learn about topics important to self-advocates. They work in Spanish.
  • Contact: Fede

Asia-Pacific Self-Advocacy Network

  • Self-advocates from Asia-Pacific meet quarterly to share their work and experiences and build a network across Asia Pacific. They work in English.
  • Contact: Ailis

European Platform of Self-Advocates (EPSA)

  • EPSA is the network that connects all of the self-advocacy groups across Europe. They host meetings and big self-advocacy conference every two years. They work in English. EPSA is supported by Inclusion Europe.
  • Contact: Inclusion Europe

MENA Self-Advocacy Network

  • The MENA Self-Advocacy Network is a new group that connects self-advocates in the Middle East and North Africa. They work in Arabic.
  • Contact: Manel

Join a Network!

Our networks welcome self-advocates and their support people to participate, share, and learn with others from across our movement.

These networks and groups are open to members of Inclusion International.

By joining, you become part of a global community of self-advocates working on creating an inclusive world.