This report provides a detailed description, analysis and synthesis of the situation of children with disabilities across Africa, and gives concrete recommendations for future policy and programme reform. The report reviews the situation of children with disabilities from a pan-African perspective, and presents recommendations to promote inclusive and accessible laws, policies, and programmes for children with disabilities throughout Africa. The report is based on extensive research and evidence generated by ACPF and other institutions.

Towards greater mainstreaming of children with disabilities within the Disabled People’s Organisations (DPO) agenda. This report is a synthesis of regional capacity assessments of DPOs conducted in the Southern and Eastern African regions and in the Western, Central and North African regions. The assessments highlight various challenges faced by DPOs in promoting the rights of persons with disabilities and identify existing capacity gaps. The report also tries to provide important insights into how DPOs, in collaboration with governments, CSOs, development partners and donors, can further contribute to advancing the rights and inclusion of children with disabilities.

This report assesses selected African cities in light of the accessibility and disability-friendliness of their built environments. The report identifies the barriers that persons with disabilities have to deal with in their day to day lives, and highlights some exemplary achievements in the creation of disability-friendly services and infrastructures. By drawing attention to the truly monumental barriers that children and persons with disabilities have to contend with, this report calls for the commitment of all stakeholders towards creating an ‘Africa fit for children with disabilities’.