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Disability in Cambodia – What does it cost?

It might surprise you to learn that studies analysing elevated living costs associated with living with a disability are a very recent endeavour of the academic community. It might seem intuitive to most people that...

12 August, 2019

Who’s not in the room? Exclusion and isolation for young students with disabilities in Australia

A public education should not be restrictive - a public education is a human right. EmbraceAbility’s vision is to work for a society in which every person is valued equally. At the crux of equality...

03 June, 2019

Who’s not in the room? Listening to young people with disabilities

The birth of human rights instruments dedicated to persons with disabilities has been novel in many ways. Perhaps most notable is the active participation of civil society groups in the drafting of key international treaties,...

08 April, 2019

What is inclusive education and why does it matter?

At EmbraceAbility, we use the term ‘inclusive education’ a lot in describing our work, our strategy and our goals. But what does it really mean? And what/who is it really for? Today, we take a...

25 March, 2019

Meet the UK Team

Welcome to February, it's even colder and only marginally lighter than last month, but there is still a LOT to look forward to. Over the winter we've recruited three team members for the roles of...

25 February, 2019

Developing 21st Century Understandings of Disabilities: Dehumanisation & Superhumans

Happy 2019! It’s the tail end of January and, amongst various resolutions, Dry January and Veganuary attempts, people are starting to think into the near future about understanding and acceptance. Almost 1/5th into the 21st...

24 January, 2019

When Ollie met Sophie – An Interview

The word on volunteer opportunities with EmbraceAbility is out! We are very lucky to be able to choose from a very talented pool of volunteer applications. It was an easy choice for us when Sophie's...

21 November, 2018

Childhood Development in Cambodia (Part 2) – Education and leaving the most vulnerable behind

While household income serves as a basic indicator of poverty levels within any given area or country, it is safe to say that our analysis of poverty has become a little more sophisticated in recent...

25 October, 2018

When Ollie met Lizzy – An interview with our first volunteer OT

This last month has seen some of the greatest leaps forward that EmbraceAbility has made to date. I landed in Phnom Penh on the 21st of August to the familiar buzz of one of my...

17 September, 2018

EmbraceAbility’s 1st Birthday

On the 20th July EmbraceAbility celebrated its first birthday! As a small NGO with only a few volunteers running the whole organisation we have worked extremely hard to achieve our first milestone; launching the Community...

23 July, 2018