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Inclusive Communities = Stronger Communities
GLOBAL REPORT ON ARTICLE 19: THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND BE INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY
• What we and our allies should do to achieve the
changes required to make Article 19 a reality across
the world.
Overview of the Report
The report will present the perspective of people with
intellectual disabilities and their families on living and
being included in the community. We want to share our
experiences of inclusion in the community, of exclusion
and isolation from the community and the impact that
these experiences have had on the lives of people with
intellectual disabilities and their families.
Part I of the report sets a global context for the study;
explains the unique perspective of people with intellectual
disabilities and their relationship to family and explores
regional differences and commonalities in how we
perceive living and being included in the community. In
Chapter 1 we describe how we did the study, and the ways
participants in over 95 countries contributed their stories,
information and knowledge through focus groups, video
and written submissions, surveys, regional forums and
pilot initiatives. Understanding the relationship between a
person with an intellectual disabilities, their family,
community and society is critical to advancing human
rights and building stronger communities. Chapter 2
describes the inter-dependence between people with
intellectual disabilities, their families and communities
which is the basis upon which we advance inclusion. In
Chapter 3 we provide a context for the regional
commonalities and distinct issues affecting people with
intellectual disabilities and their families and the right to
live and be included in the community.
In Part II we present the vision of inclusion in the
community which people with intellectual disabilities and
their families strive for and desire. Chapter 4 pulls together