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.
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
Paralympians Perspective on Educating about Disability Around the
world; Anjali J. Forber-Pratt.-
6. When Gucci Make Hearing Aids, Ill 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
Disabilitys 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 Bili.-
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;
PoulomeeDatta, 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 Uljarevi, 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 Individuals 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.
