Disability Justice

Amplifying the stories of people with disabilities

Fifteen percent of the world’s population experiences some form of disability, but you might never know that based on how inaccessible our world actually is. We’re examining the social and physical barriers that society constructs around people with disabilities and learning more about what we all can do to break them down.

“I had to change the way I thought”: A letter from managing director Amjad Atallah

To mark 2020’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Doha Debates managing director Amjad Atallah reflected on what he’s learned about people with disabilities, why it’s important that they tell their own stories and what Doha Debates is doing to educate ourselves and others. Read his letter for a personal and poignant perspective on what it takes to make our world more inclusive.

Activists in the disability community are #SolvingIt

#SolvingIt is a weekly Instagram series that highlights young activists, artists, changemakers and innovators working to solve some of the world’s most difficult problems — including global accessibility and inclusion for persons with disabilities. Be sure to follow @DohaDebates on Instagram for more #SolvingIt honorees.

The Building Cities For All training program provides an introduction to inclusive and accessible urban development. The learning modules, developed by World Enabled in collaboration with Doha Debates and partners of the Cities for All Global Initiative (C4All), can be viewed for free at www.cities4all.org.