Both Sides of the Table is a set of evocative, heartfelt, personal, and revealing stories, told by educators about how their experiences with disability, personally and in the lives of family members,
It is generally taken for granted that human behavior distributes along the lines of a bell-shaped, normal curve. This idea underpins much educational theory, research, and practice. There is, howeve
d/Deaf and d/Dumb chronicles the author’s dumb, ‘deaf kid’ origins in Bayport, New York to his current life as a «young superhero» writer. Portraying the conflicting cultural worlds of hearing and Dea
In this memoir, Valente (early childhood education, Pennsylvania State U.) recounts his experiences as a deaf person, with deaf culture, and becoming a deaf studies scholar. Using techniques of autobi
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has achieved celebrity status in many Western countries, yet despite considerable effort to prove its existence as a "real" disorder, ADHD still suffer
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has achieved celebrity status in many Western countries, yet despite considerable effort to prove its existence as a "real" disorder, ADHD still suffer
Dunn presents students, academics, researchers, and general interest readers with a comprehensive investigation of the relative agency of disabled characters in a variety of young adult novels and sho
Post Salamanca (1994) and the 2006 UN Conventions, Kuppis, Hausstatter, and their contributors cite the need for clarity regarding the meaning of inclusive education. The book includes theoretical con
In this book educators relate their experiences with disability and with people who are close to the disabled, and how it has impacted their understanding of disability. Smith's (education, Eastern Mi
Disrupting Schools: The Institutional Conditions of Disordered Behaviour represents an applied sociological address to the intractable patterns of educational exclusion of students diagnosed with "emo
Disrupting Schools: The Institutional Conditions of Disordered Behaviour represents an applied sociological address to the intractable patterns of educational exclusion of students diagnosed with "emo
Smith (special education, Eastern Michigan U.) compiles 11 chapters based on the argument that schools in the US have failed to provide basic educational rights to students with disabilities. Using po
Editors Rao and Kalyanpur present students, academics, researchers, and policy makers with a collection of academic articles and essays that together provide an investigation of the social, economic,
This edited volume discusses UNESCO’s contributions to inclusive education over the past 20 years, the normative and technical leadership roles this organization has been playing together with its pee