The webinar covered: an overview of how social protection can support development of community support services and systems for persons with disabilities across the life cycle; lessons learned from reforms for care and support for children with disabilities in Europe and Central Asia; development of personal assistance service for persons with disabilities in Thailand; the trends associated with the increasing demand for long term care and support of ageing population; the disability and gender consideration in relation to the care economy. 

Speakers: 

• Alexandre Cote, Disability and Social Protection Policy Specialist, UNICEF 
• Aaron Greenberg, Regional Advisor Child Protection Europe and Central Asia, UNICEF 
• Sawang Srisom, Programme Manager for ‘Transportation for All'(T4A), Thailand 
• Meredith Wyse, Senior Social Development Specialist, Asia Development Bank (ADB) 
• Tom Shakespeare, Professor of Disability Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 

Moderator: Felicity O Brien, Social Protection Section, DFAT