In the past two decades, there has been a sharp rise in recorded disasters.1 When a disaster strikes, persons with disabilities often face disproportionate impacts due to attitudinal, environmental and institutional barriers.2 These barriers hinder the participation of persons with disabilities in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and impede their access to essential services during times of crisis.Persons with disabilities make up 16 per cent of the world’s population or approximately 1.3 billion people.3 Moreover, 80 per cent of persons with disabilities live in the Global South and are often some of the poorest in their communities.4,5 The mortality rate among persons with disabilities in some disaster occurrences has been recorded to be two to four times higher compared to persons without disabilities.6The Midterm Review Report of the Sendai Framework Implementation revealed that countries are not making sufficient progress towards achieving its objectives by 2030.8 Disability inclusion is consistently under-resourced and undervalued, lacking substantial initiatives to promote inclusion.9 Despite some advancements in supportive policies and legislation for disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction, implementation remains slow and inconsistent, often reliant on short-term funding from non-state actors.10 Furthermore, the results of the UNDRR 2023 Global Survey on Persons with Disabilities and Disasters show limited progress in disability inclusion over the past 10 years, with no significant differences across the regions.11