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In an effort to establish sustainable inclusive practices in families, schools, the workplace and communities, a person-centered approach was used to initiate the first steps in the inclusive process. This project was a collaboration of a number of sources, and an outgrowth of the need of individuals with disabilities in Bahrain to gain equal access to their families, schools, community and the workplace. Public focus groups were held; on-site trainings carried out, and in home collaborations were conducted. Anecdotal records, audio-taped semi-structured interviews, and videotaped recordings were employed as data sources. Through this process, it was concluded that in order to begin and sustain inclusive practices in Bahrain, successes and challenges needed to be shared with the team and the public, on-site trainings needed to be aimed specifically at the needs of the target environment, and the team needed to start small (e.g., one family, one school, one community setting, and one workplace at a time) and expand services from there. Recommendations are made to ensure sustaining this development and expanding its growth over time in collaboration with intuitions of higher learning. Sustainable inclusive practices Elder Bradshaw