This document discusses evaluation of social inclusion programs for people with disabilities (PwD) in Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, and Vanuatu. It analyzes survey and interview data that touches on definitions of social inclusion, whether inclusion is changing, and work still needed. Key findings are that social inclusion can refer to PwD belonging within their community or the broader society, it is difficult to measure and changes slowly, and promoting inclusion requires sustained multi-pronged efforts including supporting influencers, promoting success stories, and collaboration.

1. Evaluation of Social
Inclusion Programs for
PwD
Table Tennis Australia, International Table Tennis Federation,
Oceania Badminton, Oceania Paralympic Committee
Stephen S Holden www.HalfAMind2.com

2. Social inclusion ?
400 school students - survey
(Fiji)
75 interviews
(Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Vanuatu)

5. What is “social inclusion” ?
psychological
PwD belonging to a community of PwD?
PwD belonging to the broader community?
structural
governance, public policy, etc. recognizing PwD needs?

6. Is “social inclusion” changing ?
difficult to measure
measure of social inclusion,
especially children
slow to change
especially social inclusion by able-bodied persons
needs multi-pronged, extended, cumulative efforts

7. Work to be done ?
: do the work
: support lead influencers + critical
mass
: promote the success stories
: reach the remote & hidden PwD
: objectives – eg, inclusion of PwD by wider
community
: collaboration

8. Crowd Sourcing Co-Lab-Oration
“How to promote collaboration in Sports-4-Development?”
If you were ten times bolder, what big idea would you recommend?”
Write it on index card, give it to someone, take their card – no reading!
Find someone else, give them the card you have, take the one they have –
no reading. Repeat!
Rating : 1 – meh! to 5 – OMG OTFM