{"id":1359,"date":"2025-07-07T13:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T17:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guide.cophan.org\/?post_type=fiche&p=1359"},"modified":"2025-07-07T16:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T20:12:17","slug":"civic-engagement","status":"publish","type":"fiche","link":"https:\/\/guide.cophan.org\/en\/thematic-fact-sheets\/civic-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Civic engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n
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What is accessible and inclusive citizen engagement?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Accessible and inclusive citizen engagement means that all people, including those with disabilities, can fully engage in public life. This includes the right to information, freedom of expression, the right to vote and the opportunity to contribute to collective decisions. To achieve this goal, communities must implement concrete actions, such as involving persons with disabilities and their associations, organizing accessible consultations and using appropriate tools to remove barriers to participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This concept emphasizes the importance of working directly with those involved rather than deciding for them. True inclusion relies on constructive dialogue and co-creation of initiatives that meet everyone\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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Overview of the situation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Persons with disabilities do not always feel recognized as citizens in their own right. They feel that their contributions are not valued by representatives of decision-making bodies. They feel that they are neither listened to nor heard. In some cases, they feel that they are being used in consultative processes that do not give them any real authority over decisions (Hudon and Tremblay<\/a>, 2017). They want to be able to speak up, speak on their own behalf and learn to make their demands heard (CREMIS<\/a>, 2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their sense of political effectiveness, both internal and external, is inferior to that of the general population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n