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Disability and Inclusion: Current Challenges

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Inclusion, Disability and Culture

Part of the book series: Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity ((ILEE,volume 3))

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This text creates the rationale for the various sections and chapters of the book, thus laying the foundation for flourishing the purpose and objectives of the book. The idea is to lay down possible link up intersecting disability, inclusion, and culture as explored through the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural lens of the authors from various origins. This text establishes the rationale for various sections of the book, beginning with the voices of people with disabilities as they explore the evolution or shaping of their identities through the barriers and abilities in the way diversity is understood in various cultural contexts to see how our communities are progressing toward an inclusive society. Through a socio-cultural lens from which the structures within society all contribute to inform the attitudes and beliefs that are held about persons with a disability and how they may access services such as education, employment, and social engagement/independent living or a life of inclusion is laid down. Communication is a fundamental human expression that allows access to choice, voice, and personal understandings and expressions of value and worth. Communication is the link, in this text, to a more strategic decision-making with regard to inclusive policies and practices. The discourse brings in how the legislation, policies, and processes work together to lead community expectations so that cultural and personal barriers may be overcome and all individuals with disabilities feel they are an integral part of the social fabric of society. Finally, it culminates the concept of inclusion through the voice of parents and caregivers to make explicit the complex issues that surround living with a disability in any culture.

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  1. Department of Education, University of Calcutta, Alipore Campus, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Santoshi Halder

  2. Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA

    Lori Czop Assaf

  3. Department of Education, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Mary Keeffe

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Halder, S., Assaf, L.C., Keeffe, M. (2017). Disability and Inclusion: Current Challenges. In: Halder, S., Assaf, L. (eds) Inclusion, Disability and Culture. Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55224-8_1

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