# Access & Inclusion

> Making actions accessible is the simple act of asking, "what do you need?"
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>  Quote from a disabled rebel

#### Before You Start Planning

* Is there a wide array of disabled voices in the discussion space, reflecting the diversity of the movement?

* Is there sufficient time in the planning agenda for specifically hearing those voices?

* Have you remembered that some disabilities are hidden and should still be heard?

* If you're planning a 'spicy' action, you need to be aware that disabled and neurodiverse people face larger barriers to taking part. Can an inaccessible action be adapted?

* If not, are there other options available that are similar and as non-exclusive as possible? Do the other options still value a rebel's comittment to civil disobedience?

#### Required Reading

- [XR's Principles Of Inclusivity](https://rebeltoolkit.extinctionrebellion.uk/books/accessibility/page/principles-of-inclusivity)

- [Ensuring your actions are accessible as they can be](https://rebeltoolkit.extinctionrebellion.uk/link/1635#bkmrk-page-title)

- [Organising inclusive meetings](https://rebeltoolkit.extinctionrebellion.uk/link/65#bkmrk-page-title)

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For further advice you can reach out to the Disabled Rebels Network either on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/398593814047341) or by Email at <wellbeing+drn@exinctionrebellion.uk>.