Disability Studies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Education – Schools

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Not Just for the Fun of it

      • Jenene Burke

      Pages 3-21

   3. Teachers’ Aides’ Perceptions of their Training Needs in Relation to their Roles in State Secondary Schools in Victoria

      • Dianne Gibson

      Pages 23-41

   4. Celebrating the Voices of Students with Hearing Impairments in New Zealand Secondary Schools

      • Kate Holland

      Pages 43-56

   5. Inclusive Education in Bangladesh

      • Masud Ahmmed

      Pages 57-73

   6. The Privileging of ‘Place’ Within South Australia’s Education Works

      • Peter Walker

      Pages 75-87

   7. Choosing Time

      • Amy Claughton

      Pages 89-102

3. Education – Higher Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103

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   2. Inclusive Education for the Disabled

      • Bentina Alawari Mathias

      Pages 105-116

   3. Managing the Barriers in Diversity Education that We Create

      • Barbara Garrick, Satine Winter, Mahbuba Sani, Lynn Buxton

      Pages 117-136

   4. ‘We Put in a Few Ramps in Here and There, that’s about It’

      • Gill Rutherford, Leigh Hale, Denise Powell

      Pages 137-153

4. Family & Community

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. A Mother Caught in Two Worlds

      • Ruth Cornell

      Pages 157-166

   3. Technology Use and Teenagers Diagnosed with High-Functioning Autism

      • Lye Ee Ng, Stefan Schutt, Tim Corcoran

      Pages 167-180

   4. Signifying Disability and Exclusion

      • Mary A. Burston

      Pages 181-194

5. Theorising

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195

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   2. A Troubled Identity

      • Kim Davies

      Pages 197-214

   3. Attending to the Potholes of Disability Scholarship

      • Ben Whitburn

      Pages 215-224

   4. A Hidden Narrative

      • Julie White

      Pages 225-239

Education systems worldwide will only successfully serve the needs of people with disability when we inclusively examine and address disabling issues that currently exist at school level education as well as further and higher education and beyond. The chapters contributing to this edited volume are presented to assist readers with a critical examination of contemporary practice and offer a concerted response to improving inclusive education. The chapters address a range of important topics related to the field of critical disability studies in education and include sections dedicated to Schools, Higher Education, Family and Community and Theorising. The contributors entered into discussions during the 2014 AERA Special Interest Group annual meeting hosted by Victoria University in Australia. The perspectives offered here include academic, practitioner, student and parent with contributions from Australia, New Zealand, Nigeria, the UK and the US, providing transnational interest. This book will appeal to readers who are interested in innovative theoretical approaches, practical applications and personal narratives. The book is accessible for scholars and students in disciplines including education, sociology, psychology, social work, youth studies, as well as public and allied health. The Introduction by Professor Roger Slee (The Victoria Institute, Victoria University, Australia) and Afterword by Professor David Connor (City University of New York) provide insightful and important commentary. Cover photograph by Paul Dunn and design by Hendrik Jacobs.

• Critical disability studies
• Inclusive education

• The Victoria Institute, Victoria University, Australia

  Tim Corcoran, Julie White

• Deakin University, Australia

  Ben Whitburn

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