Inclusion in a Modern Town: How to Make it Work

Inclusion is becoming more and more popular in society - both as a philosophical concept and as a way of working with communities, as a norm of a new ethics. This term is heard by everyone, but it is not always perceived in the same way by different participants in the process - people with disabilities, public organizers, administrators. On December 10 and 11, 2020, the OMK-Uchastiye Charitable Foundation, which specializes in the development of inclusive culture in the city of Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod Region, held an online conference “Inclusion in a modern small town: how to make it work?”.

The speakers of the conference were experts from areas closely related to the development of inclusion in Russian society. Among them are the Laboratory employees Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova and Nikita Bolshakov, who took part in the Round Table "How to Measure Inclusion?". The round table was devoted to sociological research in the field of inclusion and perception of disability. The guests of the round table discussed how to evaluate the work on the development of inclusive practices in the city, talked about their methods and experience, and also considered the results of a study conducted in the city of Vyksa on the perception of disability and possible directions for the development of the city in terms of inclusion.