Kathmandu, Nepal Ahead of the landmark First Nepal Autism Summit scheduled for 19 September 2026 at the Nepal Administrative Staff College, Lalitpur, multi-disciplinary track teams have officially initiated intense pre-Summit preparations. Convened by Inclusive Education Nepal alongside collaborating organizations, these working sessions bring together experts, government bodies, practitioners, researchers, autistic adults, and family representatives.
To ensure the summit produces actionable policy outcomes rather than general commentary, each track team is structuring its agenda around three critical questions:
- Where are we now? (Evaluating current data, resource gaps, and existing practices)
- What should be done? (Defining operational roadmaps, policy reforms, and community solutions)
- What is the science behind it? (Anchoring recommendations in global research and evidence-based practice)
The Six Focused Summit Tracks aew
- Track 1: Early Identification and Early Education
- Facilitation: Orchid, Nawajyoti, APEN, Aakar, Taate Taate
- Focus: Building baseline standards for early diagnostic tools and screening across primary health posts and early childhood classrooms.
- Track 2: Parents, Families and Legal Guardianship
- Facilitation: ACNS, Aakar
- Focus: Addressing legal protections, guardianship frameworks, and establishing long-term community support systems for families.
- Track 3: Financial Empowerment and Social Accountability
- Facilitation: Aakar, Wendy, ACNS
- Focus: Evaluating resource allocation, social security provisions, sustainable funding models, and tracking service delivery accountability.
- Track 4: Health, Science and Technology
- Facilitation: BIFA, Sunflower, Bloombridge
- Focus: Examining clinical intervention strategies, assistive technologies, and medical evidence tailored to the local Nepalese context.
- Track 5: Policy, Laws and Advocacy
- Facilitation: IEN, NFDN, NACCSN
- Focus: Bridging the gap between legal constitutional guarantees and local execution across Nepal’s 753 municipal governments.
- Track 6: Education and Research
- Facilitation: Samanata, KUSOED
- Focus: Structuring curriculum adaptations, evidence-based pedagogy, and university-led academic research to transform special resource classes into inclusive hubs.
The outcomes and consensus synthesized during these pre-Summit discussions will directly inform the national recommendations, primary dataset release, and actionable roadmaps presented during the full-day Summit on 19 September.
