Editors:
- Advances through understanding of the challenges and abilities of individuals with disabilities
- Represents the state of the art in research and practice of qualitative inquiry into disability
- Is based on mixed-method and qualitative research methodology
- Brings together accounts from self-advocates, educators, researchers, self-educators, experts and specialists, including parents
Part of the book series: Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity (ILEE, volume 3)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Deconstructing Disability Identities
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Exploring the Complexities of Communication with Differently Abled Persons
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Front Matter
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Inclusive Policies, Practices and Interventions
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About this book
This book provides a global and social examination of how disabilities are played out and experienced around the world. It presents auto-ethnographic perspectives on disability across cultures, societies, and countries by documenting individuals’ personal narratives, thought processes and reflections.
Chapter authors share cross-cultural perspectives within and across various countries, such as India, Australia, United States, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Croatia, Brazil, South Africa, and Qatar. Adopting a self-reflective stance following qualitative research methodology, the chapter authors discuss the current challenges in the field. Next, they deconstruct disability identities, explore the complexities of communication with differently abled persons, examine inclusive policies, practices and interventions and present insights from caregivers. The book concludes with critical reflections and a look to the future of global diversity and inclusion.
Keywords
- disability, society and culture
- auto-ethnographic perspectives on disability
- individuals with disabilities
- personal real-life experiences
- cross-disciplinary perspective on inclusion
- special education
- stigma
- discrimination
- right to information
- attitudinal barriers
- medical model of disabilty
- ontology
- visually impaired
- auto-ethnography
- disability studies
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Education, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Santoshi Halder
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Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University, San Marcos, USA
Lori Czop Assaf
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Inclusion, Disability and Culture
Book Subtitle: An Ethnographic Perspective Traversing Abilities and Challenges
Editors: Santoshi Halder, Lori Czop Assaf
Series Title: Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55224-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55223-1Published: 15 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85600-1Published: 12 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55224-8Published: 08 May 2017
Series ISSN: 2512-1499
Series E-ISSN: 2512-1510
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XL, 390
Number of Illustrations: 63 b/w illustrations
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Sociology of Education, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Educational Policy and Politics, Disability Studies, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights