Travelling together

Take a day to make a change. That’s all we ask.

Disabled children and adults are left behind when projects and programmes start their journeys. And that’s despite the fact 80 per cent of them in developing countries live below the poverty line. With the UN estimating around 650 million disabled children and adults worldwide, why do they continue to be excluded?

By using this book, you can start a process of transformation within your work – to bring about positive change for disabled people in the communities you work with.

Travelling together guides international development workers through a simple process of radical change with:

• A unique one-day training course, tried and tested across cultural contexts with a track record of kick-starting change;
• The story of how one of the world’s biggest NGOs World Vision is including disabled people in its work;
• A blend of the best resources and information available on disability inclusion.

Travelling together - downloads:

• Travelling together - full download
• Travelling together - full download (large print)
• Introduction
• Authors, contents, forwards, acknowledgements
• Stories from the road

Viajando juntos | Download Spanish version of Travelling together

• Viajando juntos

Training and handouts:

• Training activities
• Training activity 1: Guessing game
• Training activity 2: Defining disability
• Training activity 3: The wall
• Training activity 4: Game of life
• Training activity 5: Unmasking myths
• Training activity 6: Reality check
• Training activity 7: Excuses, excuses
• Training activity 8: Feedback form
• Handouts – full pack
• Handout 1: Models of disability
• Handout 2: Barriers that block participation
• Handout 3: Disability and different impairments
• Handout 4: The global truth about disability
• Handout 5: Common myths about inclusion
• Handout 6: A guide to disability organisations

Resources, MDGs and practical papers

Resources:
A wide range of expert-selected resource materials and sources of further information on disability inclusion. Topics are presented in two sections – the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and disability inclusion, and a range of guidelines and practical papers.

• Resources - full
• Resources - introduction and contents

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and disability inclusion:

• The Millennium Development Goals and people with disabilities – setting the scene
• MDG 1: Disability and poverty
• MDG 2: Inclusive education and disabled children
• MDG 3: Freedom for the person – gender and disability
• MDGs 4 & 5: Power to the family – an introduction to community-based rehabilitation
• MDG 6: Disability, HIV and AIDS
• MDG 7: Why should the water and sanitation sector consider disabled people?
• MDG 8: Tasks for the world – the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities

Guidelines and practical issues:

• Extracts from World Vision International – disability, definitions and position paper
• Extracts from World Vision International – guidelines addressing disability
• Extracts from World Vision International disability working group position paper on wheelchair distribution
• Extracts from Practical lessons from four projects on disability inclusive development programming
• Communications case studies guidelines – disabled people
• How do we get from here to there? Practical guidelines on disability inclusive programming
• Which way in? How to host accessible events