Learn how much accessibility really costs, why building it in from the start is more affordable, and how planning ahead can reduce retrofitting expenses.
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Applications are now open for the 2026 CIP Fellowship Program, a 12-month initiative supporting junior researchers with disabilities from low- and middle-income countries to develop their research skills, conduct locally grounded projects, and connect with a global disability policy network.
Having a toilet isn’t the same as being able to use it. Most multidimensional poverty indices count services, but they don't ask whether those services are actually accessible for people with disabilities. So real deprivations for people with disabilities are not captured in the data, and it is invisible for public policies. If we want truly inclusive housing and infrastructure, accessibility aspects should be considered and the needs of people with disabilities have to show up in the numbers first.
What if education gaps by disability are being measured incorrectly? Comparisons often mix all ages, but many people acquire disabilities after finishing school, and older generations had less access to education. Comparing everyone together distorts today’s picture of inclusion.
Standard prevalence rates underestimate the true impact of disability. When linked, for example, to poverty or extra expenditures of living, its effects extend to entire households.
On International Women’s Day, three CIP Senior Associates reflect on why women with disabilities are often overlooked in care policies and how feminist and disability movements can work together to build an inclusive care agenda.
When comparing employment outcomes for persons with and without disabilities, the unemployment rate is often the first statistic cited. But does it tell the full story? This month, we explore why focusing on employment rates (and those outside the labour force) provides a more accurate picture of the barriers adults with disabilities face in accessing work.
Based on primary data from 1,001 adults with disabilities in Bogota, this research shows that many have unmet care needs (even when they already receive support) and highlights that people with disabilities also provide care at home. The authors reflect on why these findings matter and what they mean for inclusive care policy.
Behind the scenes of a national reform: an interview with the authors of the report.
CIP celebrated its ten-year milestone with a warm, globally connected event that reflected on the organization’s growth over the past decade and looked ahead to the future of inclusive policy. The Center for Inclusive Policy (CIP) celebrated its ten-year milestone with an event that was both warm and globally connected: a chance to reflect on a decade of turning evidence into action, and to envision the future of inclusive policy. The session featured contributions from Daniel Mont (CIP), Maria Ní Fhlatharta (CIP), Tom Shakespeare (LSHTM), Gopal Mitra (UNICEF), Lesley Carson (Wellspring Philanthropic Fund), Meenakshi Balasubramanian (CIP), and Alimata Abdul Karimu (former CIP fellow).