30 Inclusion Phrases to Embrace Diversity

Like birds, people are different in their flights, but equal in their right to fly.

Inclusion happens when you learn from differences and not from equality.

Paulo Freire

Nothing we experience makes sense if we don’t know how to include other people.

No one is equal to anyone. Every human being is a unique stranger.

Carlos Drummond deAndrade

All together for an inclusive education!

Signs are to the eyes what spoken words are to the ears.

The erasure of differences does not bring inclusion. Learning to deal with differences, yes.

It is not enough for everyone to be equal before the law. The law must be equal before all.

Salvador Allende

Differentiation brings segregation. The awareness that we are all different brings us together.

If a place does not offer access to all people, then it is a deficient place.

School has to be a place where children have the opportunity to be themselves and where differences are not hidden, but highlighted.

School inclusion without teacher specialization is exclusion.

Inclusion is a right, not a favor.

Including is not asking someone to adapt. It’s accepting as it is.

Diversity is inviting to the party, inclusion is inviting to dance.

Accessibility for all is everyone’s responsibility.

By focusing on skills rather than stereotypes, companies can focus on the talents and abilities of the person with a disability, creating a truly inclusive environment.

Don’t rush us, each child has their own time to evolve.

Inclusion is a universal right. Do your part for a world with less exclusion.

Getting rid of judgments and stereotypes is also part of a more inclusive society.

If a child cannot learn the way we teach, then we must teach the way he learns.

See the whole person, not just the disability.

The biggest limitation is still prejudice.

Children are like butterflies dancing in the wind! Some fly fast, others fly slowly, but they all fly at their best, because each one is special.

The hands break the silence and make the communication of those who do not hear, but see, feel and get emotional.

It is not the disability that makes life more difficult, but the barriers that society puts up.

If we teach children to accept diversity as something normal, it will not be necessary to talk about inclusion, but about coexistence.

Being different is not a problem. The problem is being treated differently.

There are no inferior people, only different. And everyone has a responsibility to practice inclusion.

When the right to be different is lost, the right to be free is also lost.