ECDD action relies upon the following strategies to accomplish its Mission:
- Training for awareness creation: creating disability inclusion awareness, change of attitudes and motivation among the public, government officials, development personnel, employers and persons with disabilities
- Capacity building: influencing the policy and practices of organizations and their personnel for disability inclusion through disability awareness training, accessibility audits and technical support
- Networking: promoting partnerships and participating actively in national and Africa regional networks
- Empowerment: empowerment of persons with disabilities and their organizations for self-reliance, participation and to support disability mainstreaming
- Information sharing: promoting accessible ICT, maintaining a website, and a public Disability Information Center, preparing guidelines, checklists and brochures
- Communication and Media: using social media, and working with print, radio and TV media to create awareness and disseminate information
- Performance monitoring: data collection, management and analysis for performance assessment to improve program implementation and impact
- Experience-sharing: gathering evidence for disability inclusion, sharing of good practices and lessons learned, and promoting learning through documentation and action research
- Disability supports: providing or arranging disability adjustment and accessibility supports including organizational accessibility audits, technical standards for accessibility, Braille transcription of documents, sign language interpretation, and wheelchair accessible transportation
