June 27, 2024

Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal is hosting a special issue entitled “Systems of Support to Enable Community Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities and Their Families”. This special issue seeks submissions that present original ideas, exemplary case studies, and theoretical perspectives to enhance our understanding of support systems for individuals with disabilities and their families, with a particular priority on good practices, and studies that highlight systems and practices that value, honor, and uphold naturally existing supports (e.g., sometimes called ‘natural’ or ‘informal’ supports), while supplementing with formal (e.g., paid) support as necessary. Manuscripts may explore support systems for an individual with a disability, for the family unit of the person with the disability, or both. We encourage participatory and action-oriented studies, that will have context-embedded implications for the future of supports.

July 31, 2023

We are pleased to inform you that the Disability, CBR, and Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) has moved from the Liliane Foundation (https://dcidj.org) to the University of Gondar (https://dcidj.uog.edu.et). The University of Gondar is the only university that owns the CBR Program in Ethiopia. The CBR program was established in 2005 in partnership with Light for the World and Save the Children to alleviate various problems faced by persons with disabilities due to lack of access to rehabilitation services and community awareness. The University of Gondar (Ethiopia) and Queen’s University (Canada), supported by the Mastercard Foundation, have developed a 10-year partnership to advance inclusive higher education for young people with disabilities, develop new occupational therapy programs, and advance research for inclusive education and community-based rehabilitation in Africa. Hence, the University of Gondar is an excellent fit to manage the journal as it has extensive experience in the field of disability, CBR, and inclusive development.

The DCIDJ is an online journal with a 33-year-old history of publishing research in the broad field of rehabilitation and disability inclusion. It is an open-access journal that aims to provide a platform for high-quality and innovative research that includes a diverse range of perspectives, including academics, researchers, scholars, and postgraduate students. The journal covers topics such as disability rights, inclusive education, community-based rehabilitation, disability and development, and more. The journal is a quarterly publication that will be available online in four issues per year. We would like to acknowledge the good relationship with the Liliane Foundation and Enablement who chose the University of Gondar as a sustainable base as this university is one of the leading universities in Ethiopia in the field of disability, development, and rehabilitation. This is a positive step towards enhancing the dissemination and impact of research and knowledge in the CBR/CBID community.

November 22, 2022

An update on the project to publish an editorial on health and climate change in multiple journals

August 25, 2022

Enablement-Nepal, together with experts from Enablement Ltd., Netherlands offers a training in contemporary approaches in working with Children with Cerebral Palsy - 14th - 18th November 2022.

April 8, 2022

The third edition of the book “Systematic Instruction of Functional Skills for Students and Adults with Disabilities” by Keith Storey, Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Education, Touro University Vallejo, California, USA, has been recently released.

October 24, 2020

Source provides access to free online resources relating to disability and inclusion; from peer reviewed journal articles to COVID-19 guidelines as well as the unique evidence produced by the Inclusive Futures programme. Source has recently added the peer review articles repository function where you can find open access, peer reviewed journals on disability across different publishers in one location. Users can search by topic and country, which ensures you can easily find articles that you are interested in.

October 6, 2020

We are pleased to announce that after 10 years with the VU University Press in Amsterdam,  the DCID journal has found a new home with Ubiquity Press. We are grateful for all the years of great collaboration with the VU University team and wish to thank them for the support given during this time. A special Thanks to Arjan de Rooy and Peter Vos.