Inclusive experience
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Knowledge base
A clear guide to concepts and terms connected to disability rights and inclusive community development.
An individual adjustment for a specific person in a specific situation. "Reasonable" does not mean "if convenient" β it means not imposing a disproportionate burden, and the burden of proof lies with whoever refuses. Its denial is discrimination under the Convention.
Disability arises from the interaction between a health condition and barriers in environment, attitudes, and law. Not a philosophical distinction β it determines where the budget goes. It does not deny the health condition; it refuses to let it be the only explanation and the only response.
A practical barrier with material effects; self-stigma is its most damaging form. Awareness alone does not shift attitudes β contact does. Segregation produces stigma; inclusion is the strongest programme against it.
Open labour market, market wage, support to worker and employer, tapering over time. Sheltered workshops are not supported employment. Filling a quota with people given no real tasks is formal compliance with a number, not employment.
Designing from the outset for the widest range of people, without later adaptation. The logic is economic before it is legal: retrofitting costs multiples of designing correctly. Not a substitute for reasonable accommodation.
Risk factors are structural: dependence on the caregiver, isolation, communication barriers, low weight given to a disabled person's testimony. Over-protection is not protection β restricting movement increases isolation, itself a primary risk factor.
These terms follow international standards and good practice while respecting Egyptian and Arabic context.
We welcome contributions that strengthen and improve this glossary.
