Graphic styled as overlapping computer windows promoting a CIP article. The main window reads “Article! Response to Union Budget 2026–27: Commitments vs Expectations & Promises,” with “CIP – Center for Inclusive Policy” and a link to the PDF. A smaller window shows a preview image with an upward arrow over a bar chart. Another window says, “You can also find it on our website!” CIP logo appears in the bottom left, with decorative folder icons on a blue background.

Every year, CIP develops its annual response to India’s Union Budget, providing an overview from the perspective of persons with disabilities.

Implementing the Act demands cross-sectoral recognition and structural change, yet current allocations remain insufficient.

Here: bit.ly/3Ou17ua

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Why Do Disability Prevalence Estimates Differ?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Why Do Disability Prevalence Estimates Differ?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

You’re invited! Disability Data Webinar!

Why do disability prevalence estimates vary? What does that mean for policy and data use?

Join this session sponsored by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics and the Center for Inclusive Policy to unpack it.

Register:
bit.ly/3QaBe2X

A quote reads: “People often see young people with disability as just victims of climate change, but they are also contributors to climate action and policy processes.” Umesh Balal Magar, CIP Fellow.

Our Fellow Umesh Balal Magar joined this powerful conversation as a panelist, highlighting the role of youth with disabilities in climate action.

Hosted by the Disability Rights Fund, European Disability Forum, the Youth Negotiators Academy, and Disability Climate Caucus.

Recording: bit.ly/4t8MvzC

A Chennai activist’s fight for accessibility and inclusion Meenakshi Balasubramanian, advocate for disability rights, shares her journey from accounting to activism in Tamil Nadu and beyond.

A powerful profile of our Senior Research Associate Meenakshi Balasubramanian in The Hindu traces her journey from accounting to becoming a leading voice for disability rights in India.

At CIP, we have the privilege of seeing this work up close.

Take a moment to read: bit.ly/4dz0iug

Have a Stat of the Month idea? Send it our way.

If there’s a statistic you find interesting, confusing, or worth unpacking, let us know, we might feature it next.

Map of Afghanistan. Text reads: “Look at Afghanistan. 16% disability rate. 40% of people live in households directly impacted by disability.”

Disability statistics often focus on one number: prevalence. But the real impact goes far beyond that.

For example, if disability is associated with extra costs of living, those extra costs are shared by the whole household.

Welcome to our #StatOfTheMonth.
Read more on our website: bit.ly/4bKyYb9

Quote from Marie Schoeman, Disability Inclusion Technical Advisor: “We used CIP videos and materials across our trainings in South Sudan. They were very useful in persuading the government to increase funding and extend cash transfers to boys with disabilities.”

In South Sudan, cash transfers were already helping girls with disabilities stay in school. Now, boys with disabilities are receiving them too.

We’re proud to know that our resources are being used in decision-making spaces and helping shape real policy outcomes!

🔗 www.youtube.com/@CenterForIn...

It is one of the first studies in low- and middle-income countries to collect primary data directly from adults with disabilities on their care needs!

Myth People with disabilities are only "dependent" care recipients Reality 35.7% of adults with disabilities are actually CAREGIVERS. They provide care for children, older adults, other persons with disabilities, and other family members while managing their own lives.

66.3% of adults with disabilities in Bogota report unmet care needs.

New research from CIP highlights structural shortfalls in care systems: www.mdpi.com/2673-7272/6/...

For policy design, this matters. Systems must recognize people with disabilities as both care recipients and caregivers.

From Invisibility to Impact: South Sudan’s Disability Data Transformation | Center for Inclusive Policy This webinar explores how South Sudan transformed the collection of data on students with disabilities through its Education Management Information System (EMIS), moving from manual records to digital...

You can also read the summary article here!
inclusive-policy.org/events/south...

From INVISIBILITY to IMPACT: South Sudan’s Disability DATA TRANSFORMATION YouTube video by Center for Inclusive Policy

How did South Sudan transform disability data in inclusive education?

CIP session: Integrating Washington Group Questions + digital tools into EMIS increased identified students with disabilities from 6,000 to 41,000 in one year, turning better data into better policy.

Full webinar: bit.ly/4bxAPP5

Portrait of Daniel Mont, smiling, next to a quote that reads: “More inclusive data on education means more inclusive education.” The image notes it was heard during a UNESCO Community of Practice on Inclusive Education webinar. Mont is identified as CIP CEO and Co-founder.

At a recent webinar hosted by the IIEP-UNESCO’s Community of Practice on Inclusive Education, CIP CEO Daniel Mont joined over 200 participants to explore how stronger education data systems can support more effective and inclusive decision-making.

Watch the webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCZz...

Graphic announcing a new article titled “Road Traffic Accidents and Disability: A global health concern,” published in the journal Social Science & Medicine. The design resembles overlapping computer windows and includes the journal cover, a link to the article (https://bit.ly/3P1mkvs ), and a note stating that the article can also be found on the organization’s website.

New article co-authored by CIP highlights critical gap: people who acquire disabilities through traffic accidents are rarely considered a discrete group.

This disconnect between road safety and disability fields leaves survivors’ needs, costs and social impact largely overlooked.

📖 bit.ly/3P1mkvs

International Women's Day: The Missing Piece in the Care Conversation

International Women’s Day: we sat down with CIP experts to reflect on issues that particularly concern women with disabilities, especially the CARE AGENDA.

Why must they be central to the global care conversation? And what policies are needed for truly inclusive systems?

Interview: bit.ly/4rTJimy

The indicator you choose changes the story... and the solutions.

Numbers don’t lie, but they can hide the truth. We just need to learn how to interpret them.

Many people use the Unemployment Rate to measure exclusion... But is it the right tool?

Welcome to our #StatOfTheMonth: bit.ly/4l0sPKO

Rosangela Berman Bieler.

We are incredibly honored to welcome Rosangela Berman Bieler to our Board.

For over 40 years, Rosangela has advanced disability rights and inclusive development, playing a key role in shaping the global movement, including contributing to the UNCRPD.

Her wisdom will help guide the path ahead.

Illustrated slide with the headline “Spending more just to live the same?” explaining that people with disabilities face extra costs to reach the same standard of living as others. The visual shows a person looking concerned while coins fall into a piggy bank, symbolizing financial pressure. Center for Inclusive Policy logo appears at the bottom.

When we talk about poverty and disability, it isn't just about standard measures of poverty. It's about extra costs.

Knowing the difference is key to designing fair, inclusive policies.

Explore our report “Estimating the Extra Costs for Disability for Social Protection Programs”: bit.ly/4qoHXCH

Save this! New UN guidelines on accessible surveys are out, offering practical recommendations to make data collection more inclusive of persons with disabilities.

We were glad to contribute as one of several reviewers of an earlier draft.

Download it here: unstats.un.org/iswghs/docum...

Authors reflect on why listening to adults with disabilities matters, what's lost when care is only reported by those without disabilities, and how recognizing overlapping care roles reshapes policy: bit.ly/3M9mDTR

Explore what more responsive care systems could look like in Colombia and beyond.

Inside Armenia’s Disability Assessment Reform | Center for Inclusive Policy A behind-the-scenes interview exploring Armenia’s digital disability assessment reform and its shift from a medical to a social, functioning-based model.

Armenia replaced a medical disability assessment with a social, digital, functioning-based model.

Follow us behind the scenes with an evaluation of Armenia’s Disability Assessment Reform, a joint effort by the
@cipofficial.bsky.social and ADB.

Read the interview:

New Article! Unsatisfied Care Needs of Adults with Disabilities in Bogota, Colombia.

66.3% of adults with disabilities in Bogota, Colombia, have unmet care needs.

35.7% provide care.

New Center for Inclusive Policy research shows how care needs and disability intersect in practice.

Article published in @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social: www.mdpi.com/2673-7272/6/...

Government budgets drive action, so they must be analyzed before numbers lock in.

Pacta’s final report on allocations for persons with disabilities, released ahead of India’s Union Budget 2026–27.

We contributed CIP’s budget analysis approach and input on the Union Budget.

Here: bit.ly/49DBHAW

INSIDE Armenia’s Disability Assessment REFORM | The STORY BEHIND the RESEARCH YouTube video by Center for Inclusive Policy

Armenia replaced a medical disability assessment with a social, digital, functioning-based model.

Follow us behind the scenes with an evaluation of Armenia’s Disability Assessment Reform, a joint effort by the @inclusivepolicy.bsky.social and ADB.

The way forward: Everyone deserves to live independently and participate fully. Bridging the care and disability agendas is essential. We must move from fragmented programs to integrated systems, built with and for all people.

If care and disability matter to you, help move the conversation forward.

Sharing evidence is one way to push for better policy: inclusive-policy.org/disability-p...

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Care and disability sectors have long worked in silos. It’s time to change that. We need gender-responsive, disability-inclusive, age-sensitive care systems; support that promotes autonomy; and recognition and resources for caregivers.

When care and disability policies are designed separately, gaps are inevitable.

Bringing these agendas together isn’t optional, it’s essential for effective systems.

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Many caregivers are also women with disabilities. Over 15% of adults with disabilities in Bogotá care for others, often without support themselves, according to an ongoing study. Caregivers of people with disabilities are often women over 50, who may need support themselves due to their age, in Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Sources cited: Pinilla-Roncancio et al. and Pereira, Center for Inclusive Policy.

Caregivers are often invisible in policy, especially when they are older women or women with disabilities themselves.

Ignoring this reality means designing systems that don’t work for those who rely on them most.

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People with disabilities often need more care and support, but most don’t receive it. Support isn’t optional: it’s essential and should be provided in a way that preserves autonomy. Over 45% report unmet care and support needs across seven countries studied. Source: Pereira, Center for Inclusive Policy.

Care systems should enable choice, dignity, and autonomy, not force people to cope alone.

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In Chile or Nicaragua, over 82% of caregivers of people with disabilities are women. Source cited as Pereira, Center for Inclusive Policy, based on disability survey estimates.

When disability enters the picture, gender inequalities in care become even sharper.

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Women and girls undertake most care and support work. But one essential dimension remains overlooked in the global care agenda: disability inclusion. Without it, millions lack the support to live independently and participate fully.

EVIDENCE DROP! Care and disability are often discussed separately, but people don’t live their lives that way.

We’re reflecting on why addressing care and disability together is essential to building systems that support autonomy, independent living, and full participation in society.

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Graphic announcing a new report titled “Armenia’s Disability Assessment Reform.” The cover shows the logos of the Center for Inclusive Policy and the Asian Development Bank, with illustrated icons representing law, rights, and social protection over a map of Armenia, in green and blue tones.

Armenia is setting a regional precedent by transforming its disability assessment system.

This new report, co-published with the @adb.org, explores the shift to a rights-based, digitally enabled approach to disability benefits.

Read it here: inclusive-policy.org/wp-content/u...