ADRIVUYO Uganda has developed a comprehensive advocacy strategy that equips PWDs with knowledge about their health entitlements through "Know Your Rights" workshops, conducts sensitivity training with healthcare workers, develops accessible health information in multiple formats (Braille, large print, audio, sign language), and works with disabled people's organizations to push for inclusive health policies. Our community-based monitoring approach empowers PWDs themselves to track improvements in healthcare accessibility, creating accountability while building a movement for inclusive health services from the ground up.
Our work in sexual and reproductive health rights for PWDs has been particularly groundbreaking, challenging harmful myths that PWDs are asexual or shouldn't have children while ensuring that family planning services, maternal healthcare, and HIV prevention programs are both physically accessible and attitudinally welcoming. Our adapted SRHR education curriculum for youth with intellectual disabilities fills a critical gap, while our broader advocacy has led to measurable improvements: 40% increase in PWDs utilizing health services, 75% of trained health facilities implementing basic accessibility features, and 60% reduction in reported discrimination incidents.