Glossary

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act 

ADD International Action on Disability and Development [UK] 

AT assistive technology 

BIGD BRAC Institute of Governance and Development [Bangladesh] 

CBR community-based rehabilitation 

CDD Centre for Disability in Development [Bangladesh] 

CFM Child Functioning Model 

CRPD Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 

DFID Department for International Development [UK] 

DHIS District Health Information System [Nigeria] 

DID Disability Inclusive Development 

DIUPG Disability-Inclusive Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme [Uganda] 

DPO Disabled People’s Organisation 

ECDE Early Childhood Development and Education 

EGM evidence and gap map

EMIS Education Management Information Systems 

EPUB Electronic Publication 

ESRACs Education Support Resource and Assessment Centres [Tanzania] 

FCDO Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office [UK] 

GBV gender-based violence 

GEM Global Education Monitoring 

GLAD Global Action on Disability [UK] 

GSDRC Governance and Social Development Resource Centre [UK] 

HMIS Health Management Information System [Nigeria] 

HTML HyperText Markup Language 

ICC-T Interaction Competencies with Children for Teachers [Tanzania] 

ICDE International Centre for Evidence in Disability [UK] 

ICF International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health 

IDA International Disability Alliance 

IDDC International Disability and Development Consortium [Belgium] 

IDS Institute of Development Studies [UK] 

IE Inclusive Education 

IEPs Individual Education Plans 

IFPLAN Inclusive Family Planning [Nigeria] 

INGO international non-governmental organisation 

JONAPWD Joint National Association for Persons with Disabilities [Nigeria] 

KII key informant interview LMICs low- and middle-income countries 

LSHTM London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine [UK]

NDFN National Federation of the Deaf Nepal 

NGO non-governmental organisation 

NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research [UK] 

ODA official development assistance 

ODA Overseas Development Assistance 

OPDs Organisations of Persons with Disabilities 

PDC Pediatric Development Clinic [Rwanda] 

PDF Portable Document Format 

PENDA Programme for Evidence to Inform Disability Action [UK] 

PLA-D Participatory Learning and Action for Disability [Uganda] 

RCT randomised controlled trial 

RED Research and Evidence Directorate 

RSH Resource and Support Hub [UK] 

SBC social behaviour change 

SBITs School-Based-Inclusion Teams 

SDGs Sustainable Development Goals 

SEAH Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment 

SRHR sexual and reproductive health and rights 

UA User Accessibility 

UDL Universal Design for Learning 

UEA University of East Anglia (UK) 

UHC Universal Health Coverage 

UIS UNESCO Institute for Statistics [Canada] 

UNCRPD United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [France] 

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund [USA] 

WASH water, sanitation, and hygiene 

WCAG Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 

WG Washington Group [USA] 

WHO World Health Organization [Switzerland] 

WISH Women’s Integrated Sexual Health [UK] 

XML eXtensible Markup Language