Numerous measures are in place to help young disabled children thrive, but the transition beyond school can be a difficult one. Here are some tips for families to help their children prepare for life beyond.
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The story of a six-year-old boy with dyslexia who, with support from friends and teachers, became a successful professor. Now he teaches teachers how to help children like him.
For many disabled students, college is the first time that they’re put to the test of making their own way. The experience can be challenging, but there are strategies to help ease the way.
Evidence shows that the senator’s comments on the burden of children with disability are misleading.
‘Cage-like’ facilities, segregation, and high numbers of exclusions show the concerning ways schools have responded to challenging behaviours by students with disabilities.
Accurate data is needed for how disability funding is being used in schools so that it can be allocated correctly.
Many students with disabilities feel excluded from daily university life and the assumption is that they, not the institutions, must change.
Students with disability are experiencing a range of harms in schools, and teachers are struggling to support students with increasingly complex needs.
In Tanzania, where albinism is common, there’s plenty that ordinary teachers can do to support students with albinism – much of it quite simple.
Students with disabilities find that they must accommodate themselves to institutional contexts which they find profoundly disabling.
Children living with albinism are very vulnerable to attack, kidnapping, mutilation and murder. In Tanzania, fear is keeping many children away from school and costing them an education.
The history of disability toys – that is, both toys designed for use by disabled children, and toys that depict disability – reflects the changing treatment of the disabled.
November 29 marks the 40th anniversary of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA). Prior to the law, some states excluded the “crippled” from public education.
One South African student’s experience with live captioning technology may be the start of an exciting change for deaf university students who do not use sign language.
On July 26, America celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This law and its predecessors changed the lives of those with disabilities. This is Jim’s story.
Developing friendships in classrooms is important for kids. How can teachers help?
Career development is the nexus between employment and education. It can be used to bolster disabled youngsters’ confidence and show them what jobs are available after school.
Children with special needs aren’t necessarily always better in mainstream schools.
South African teachers say it’s a struggle to apply their training about “inclusive education” in crowded, stressful classroom situations.
In subtle (and not-so-subtle) ways, our language reflects societal attitudes.
Principais colaboradores
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Special and Inclusive Education, RMIT University
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Senior lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, SARChI in Higher Education and Human Development Research Group, University of the Free State
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Associate Professor, Tarleton State University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Monash University
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Professor of Inclusion and Educational Psychology, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education, University of New England
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Lecturer in Special Education, Flinders University
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Professor of French and Critical Disability Studies, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning, Universitry of Melbourne. Co-Director Learning Environments Applied Research Network., The University of Melbourne
