Social Sciences and Humanities Development efforts of any organization need to include and benefit people with various
types of disabilities, people at risks of exclusion/discrimination and marginalization, through
providing quality education and training, creating equity, accessibility, employability,
promoting prosperity, reducing poverty and enhancing peace, stability and creating inclusive
society. Unfortunately, this has not been the practice for the majority of people with
disabilities and vulnerable groups, due to unfavorable attitude, negligence, inaccessibility and
exclusion from all development endeavors. It is obvious that people with disabilities are the
large stand most disadvantaged minority in the world. They are about 15 percent of the
global population (about one billion people), and 17.6 million in Ethiopia, with most
extended families including someone with a disability (World Health Organization and World
Bank and 2011). An exclusion practice of this large number of persons with disabilities in
Ethiopia is an indicator of violating fundamental human rights that undermines their
potential/ability to contribute to poverty reduction and economic growth within their
household, their community and the country. It is clear that it is not impairment, but, the
exclusion practices that has contributed for insecurity (conflict), poverty aggravation for
persons with disabilities and vulnerabilities, that has highly demanding inclusive practices.
Exclusion practices of persons with disabilities have a long history, affecting the life of
people with disabilities and the society at large. In the past and even today people have been
discriminated due to their disabilities.