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REMISI (Indonesia Revolution and Education for Social Inclusion) is an organization that advocates for the rights of youth with psychosocial disabilities in Indonesia. Their blog highlights the urgent need for peer support groups, inclusive workplaces, and fair representation in policy-making to create a more inclusive society for Young persons with psychosocial disabilities. Download

By Korean Disability Forum “FootAct” and “Deinstitutionalization Coalition of Korea” have been leading the cross-disability DI movement in South Korea, especially with “Deinstitutionalization Coalition of Korea” being the first coalition mainly consisted of members who are survivors of institutionalization themselves. In 2024, they wrote a declaration of DI rights and presented it in July. The

On November 13 & 14, 2024, Inclusion Canada and People First of Canada hosted the 15th annual federal policy forum on inclusion. This year’s theme was Roofs and Rights – Inclusive Housing Policy and People with Intellectual Disabilities. This event brings together policymakers, self-advocates, families, academics, and the disability community to discuss current issues and explore

Bhargavi Davar & Aleisha Carroll 2024 This ‘Disability Equity and Rights: Challenges, opportunities, and ways forward for inclusive development’ publication was prepared under the DFAT – CBM Inclusion Advisory Group Disability Inclusion Technical Partnership, an Australian aid initiative implemented by CBM Inclusion Advisory Group and the Nossal Institute for Global Health at the University of

Recognizing the lack of political will is crucial in framing a theory of change for mental health care reform, especially when challenging entrenched systems like capitalism, colonialism, and psychiatry. This necessitates strategies that work both outside traditional political structures and within them to catalyze cultural and systemic change, driven by communities rather than waiting for

I have a friend, a young man with a psychosocial disability, who spent a considerable amount of his life in a prayer center. (You may call it a detention center because often time when families take their loved ones there, the expectation is that they are staying there for an unknown period.). My friend is

As we enter the 22nd century, disability continues to pose a serious challenge to human rights because there remains a societal perception of people with disabilities as burdens, individuals who are unable to be equal to other individuals and are frequently denied the right to participate in the general school system and the workplace, live

Championing inclusive communities in Kenya was once an idea that was mooted by Elizabeth Ombati (Chairperson) and Njoroge Samuel(director)in April 2022 during a Strategic Planning meeting by TCI Global in Bangkok Thailand. Under the TCI Fellowship program, CIC has transited into a national movement advocating for the rights of persons with psychosocial and neurodiverse disabilities.

TCI’s story of meeting and working with Luke TCI team met the Late Mr. Luke Taveta during a visit to Fiji Islands, in February 2020 and exchanged with the Psychiatric Survivors Association of Fiji (PSA, Fiji). Started in 2004, from the life experiences of Luke, PSA is 18 years old and is among the oldest

Living Association Thailand (LAT): Living Association is a Thailand based organization of persons with psychosocial disabilities and their care givers and supporters. It offers support in recovery, skill development, promotion of opportunity to work and inclusion of persons with psychosocial disabilities in the community. The organization values the importance of wellbeing and being alive as