Issue No. 0 of Inclusive Development was published in September 2010, with an editorial titled “Homeland of Diversity” by Dr. Marwan Al-Bast, in which he discussed the efforts of the past decades on development and inclusion and the possibility of combining the two terms to look forward to a better future for children and youth with disabilities, to move from the prevailing policy of segregation to a society of diversity. In the issue, Sumaya Bouhassan listed the criteria adopted to reach inclusive institutions that embrace everyone, from the institution’s policy to human resources, accessibility, budget, activities and projects. The issue also included an introduction to the second phase of the Inclusive Development and Self-Advocacy Project. The issue was supervised by Silvana Al-Laqis, edited by Imad Eddin Raif, and prepared by Dr. Marwan Al-Basset, Sumaya Al-Basset, and Dr. Marwan Al-Basset: Dr. Marwan Al-Bast, Sumaya Bouhassan, Rasha Nasser El-Din, and was designed and produced by Fouad Al-Miqdad.
