Inclusion, disability and culture : an ethnographic perspective traversing abilities and challenges /: an ethnographic perspective traversing abilities and challenges. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Santoshi Halder, Lori Czop Assaf, editors.
• Editors: Halder, Santoshi; Assaf, Lori Czop
• Contents: 1. Disability and Inclusion: Current Challenges; Santoshi Halder, Lori Assaf and Mary Keeffe. Section 1: Deconstructing Disability Identities -- 2. Disability, Culture, and Identity in India and USA; Christopher J. Johnstone, Sandhya Limaye and Misa Kayama -- 3. Disability: A Result of Cultural Ostracism; Samidha Sikha -- 4. Perseverance Pays: From Impairment to Disability; Satendra Singh -- 5. "Not everybody can take trips like this": A Paralympian's Perspective on Educating about Disability Around the world; Anjali J. Forber-Pratt -- 6. When Gucci Make Hearing Aids, I'll Be Deaf: Sensory Impairment in Later Life and a Need to Define it According to Identity; Simon Hayhoe -- 7. Looking Back Over My Shoulder: Through The Disability's Mirror; Bernardo Carlos de Oliveira -- 8. When Stigma Resonates Inside -- How A Misleading Perspective on Impairment Interferes in the Way People with Disabilities Perceive Themselves; Flavia Mayer -- 9. There Is No "Dis" In Our Abilities: Acknowledging the Experience of the Differently-Abled Community; Caroline Muster -- Section 2: Exploring the Complexities of Communication with Differently Abled Persons -- 10. Communication with Persons with Disabilities vs. Communication with Differently Abled Persons; Ivana Bilić -- 11. Empathic Communication: Bridging Differences in a Global Context; Erna Alant, Beth Lewis Samuelson and Lindsey Ogle -- 12. Severe Communication Disabilities in South Africa: Challenges and Enablers; Shakila Dada, Harsha Kathard, Kerstin Tönsing and Michal Harty -- 13. Enriched Audio Description: Working towards an inclusive museum Experience; Alison F. Eardley, Louise Fryer, Rachel Hutchinson, Matthew Cock, Peter Ride and Joselia Neves -- Section 3: Inclusive Policies, Practices and Interventions -- 14. Inclusive Practices in Mainstream Schools: An Australian Perspective; Poulomee Datta, Christine Grima-Farrell and Mitchell Graeme Coates -- 15. Gifted and Talented Students: A Review of the Concept from Indian Experience; Partha Pratim Roy -- 16. Sociocultural Construction of Disability in Sri Lanka: Challenges towards Charity Perspective to Rights-based Approach; Chandani Liyanage -- 17. More than a Ramp: Accessibility as Interpreted by Modernist Architecture in Latin America; Norma Isa Figueroa -- 18. Individualized approach for inclusion of children with diverse behavioural needs; Santoshi Halder -- 19. Employment and Autism: Personal, Social and Economic Impact; Darren Hedley, Mirko Uljarević, and David F.E. Hedley -- 20. Legislation, case law and current issues in inclusion for the United States, Australia and India; Mary Keeffe and Rittika Ghosh -- Section 4: Insights from Caregivers -- 21. Meeting the Needs of Children with Complex Academic, Mental Health, and Health Needs: Lessons Learned from Families and Teachers; Elizabeth Anderson -- 22. Great Expectations for the Modern Day Dispossessed -- An Individual's Journey of Changes in Beliefs and Attitudes; Natalya Panteleyeva -- 23. Growing With 'Zico' and Autism: A Parents' Perspective; Lily Chakraborty -- 24. Concluding Chapter: Global Diversity and Inclusion: Critical reflections and Future Directions; Santoshi Halder and Lori Assaf.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.908; Sociology of disability; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Sociology of disability; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319552248; 3319552244
• Related ISBNs: 9783319552231; 3319552236
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 31, 2017).
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