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Disability inclusion should be an integral part of humanitarian action. However, changing common practices and entrenched structures so that persons with disabilities can participate at all levels and stages of the humanitarian response and access crucial services requires time, expertise, financial resources and a solid evidence base. As a first step, it entails detecting practices and structures that impede the inclusion of persons with disabilities. This chapter therefore describes general factors impeding the inclusion of persons with disabilities, based on focus group discussions with OPDs, expert interviews and document analysis.