Category: Education and Disabilities

Embracing diversity and inclusion: My experience at the UKFIET 2023 conference

by Suaad Abdulle | Nov 22, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education and Disabilities

In the capacity of a representative from the Somali Institute of Special Educational Needs and Disability, I had the privilege of not only attending UKFIET 2023 but also presenting at this prestigious event. This blog post is a reflection on my enriching experience. Read More

Collecting disability data in schools in Sierra Leone

by Julia de Kadt, Steven Kaindaneh and Elena Schmidt | Nov 14, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education and Disabilities

For disability-inclusive education to work, accurate information about schoolchildren with disabilities is required at all levels of the educational system. Read More

Participatory research and inclusive education – five critical considerations

by Stephen Thompson and Brigitte Rohwerder | Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education and Disabilities

Disability inclusive research can play a key role in accelerating efforts towards achieving inclusive education by providing evidence on the complexity and nuances of the barriers and challenges that exist that result in children with disabilities being excluded or marginalised. Read More

The power of communication: How sign language connected a father to his deaf son in Uganda

by Joanna Clark | Sep 26, 2023 | Education and Disabilities

Deaf children are born with the same ability to develop language as any other child. They use language to bond with their family, make friends and make sense of their world. Whatever the circumstance, the way a parent communicates with their deaf child can make a life-changing difference to both… Read More

Notions around a “Successful Woman with Disabilities”: Exploring voices of girls in Nepal, Malawi and Uganda

by Nidhi Singal and Laraib Niaz | Aug 29, 2023 | Education and Disabilities

Aspirations, hopes and dreams for the future can be important predictors for achieving financial and other success in adulthood. For girls with disabilities, socially constructed beliefs on gender and disabilities may negatively impact attributes such as self-efficacy, aspirations for the future and conceptualisations of success. Yet, few studies have explored… Read More

Towards equity in assessment: Making standardised learning assessment more accessible for learners with disabilities

by Michelle L. Oetman | Aug 4, 2023 | Assessment, Education and Disabilities

A groundbreaking technical brief titled “Towards Equity in Assessment: Making Standardized Learning Assessments more accessible for Learners with Disabilities has been released. Read More

Can inclusive education be truly inclusive? Can all children benefit? Example from Ghana

by Willem van de Waal | Jun 5, 2023 | Education and Disabilities

Inclusive or exclusive education? More specifically, are we promoting inclusive education in a way that truly benefits all children? Read More

On data and disability: piloting the Child Functioning Module in Nigerian schools

by Liesbeth Roolvink and Gillian Mackay | Mar 6, 2023 | Education and Disabilities

Disability inclusion has long been a neglected, under-prioritised issue in international development. Read More

Making assessments more accessible for children with disabilities

by Veronica Stapleton | Feb 20, 2023 | Education and Disabilities

The International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) tool, created by Save the Children in 2011, measures children’s early learning and development. Its play-based tasks help evaluate motor development, emergent literacy, emergent numeracy and social-emotional development. The tool is designed to assess children from three to six years old and… Read More

Transforming Education Summit: our call for world leaders

by Takyiwa Danso | Sep 12, 2022 | Education and Disabilities

The countdown begins for world leaders and the international education community to convene in New York on 19 September at the Transforming Education Summit (TES). The summit will mobilise political ambition, action and solutions to transform the future of education and accelerate progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) –… Read More

How schools in Nepal are including children with disabilities

by UKFIET | Apr 14, 2022 | Education and Disabilities

As Inclusive Futures moves from testing innovations to delivering development programmes at scale, our inclusive education programme in Nepal is helping children with disabilities return to school. Read More

Home learning for children with disabilities in a pandemic: an analysis of the EENET home learning survey conducted in 2020

by Su Corcoran, Helen Pinnock and Rachel Twigg | Oct 13, 2021 | 2021 UKFIET Conference, Education and Disabilities

This blog was written by Su Corcoran, Helen Pinnock and Rachel Twigg from the Enabling Education Network (EENET). Su and Rachel are also from the Education and Social Research...