Category: Education and Disabilities

Research with persons with disabilities can expose unconscious assumptions we often do not know we carry. While conducting fieldwork in Ghana as part of my PhD research, I encountered such a moment that has stayed with me. Its lasting impact on me is not because it was dramatic, but because… Read More

Across the Global South, significant progress has been made towards expanding access to education for learners with disabilities. Inclusive education policies have increased opportunities for children who were previously excluded from mainstream schooling to learn alongside their peers. However, the important question that remains is what happens beyond access? Read More

Every child deserves to walk through a classroom door and feel they belong. Yet for millions of children with developmental disabilities, that simple reality remains out of reach. Read More

Although disability-inclusive education sits at the heart of the Sustainable Development Agenda, its realisation is shaped by power, including who sets priorities, whose knowledge is legitimised and who is held accountable. Read More

What does it mean to be a teacher with disabilities in India’s mainstream schools? This question guided a recently-completed pan-India study. Our goal was simple, but urgent: to listen to and amplify the voices of teachers with disabilities, whose realities remain largely invisible in education debates and policy. Read More

A new article in the IDS Bulletin synthesises the learning from three learning reports published in 2025 by Inclusive Futures programme on inclusive education projects across Bangladesh, Kenya, Tanzania, Nepal and Nigeria. Read More

When a child is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the moment often brings both clarity and uncertainty. For many parents in Kenya, it explains their child’s behaviours and developmental delays—but it also opens the door to a long, emotionally-demanding journey. Diagnosis is not the destination; it is just the… Read More

Persons with disabilities face intersecting barriers in education, compounded by gender, race and poverty. Read More