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People with intellectual disability experiencing university life : theoretical underpinnings, evidence and lived experience

O'Brien, Patricia (Patricia Mary), 1945- editor, Bonati, Michelle L., editor, Gadow, Friederike, editor, Slee, Roger, editor

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\"This book will introduce the reader to international perspectives associated with post-secondary school education for students with intellectual disability attending university settings. Examples of students with intellectual disability gaining their right to full inclusion within university settings are outlined, as well as the barriers and facilitators of such innovation. The four parts of the text will act as a reader for all stakeholders of inclusion at the university level. The first part examines the philosophical, theoretical and rights-based framework of inclusion. The second part provides evidence and insight into eight programs from across the globe, where students with intellectual disability are included within university settings. The third part consists of six chapters associated with the lived experiences of stakeholders in the programs profiled in Part 2. These stories are represented through the voices of former students of inclusive tertiary education initiatives, parents of adult children with intellectual disability who have participated in tertiary education, and lecturers who have taught students with intellectual disability as members of their courses. In the fourth part, critical issues examined, including the role of secondary school counsellors, sustaining post university outcomes, transition from university to employment, inclusive university teaching approaches, and decision-making approaches to successfully implement a tertiary education initiative. The text concludes with a synthesis of the book themes and proposes calls to action with specific tasks to move the rhetoric of human rights into reality for adults with intellectual disability through an inclusive tertiary education\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Brill Sense
• Subject: Learning disabled Education (Higher). / College students with disabilities Services for. / Adaptability (Psychology) / Inclusive education. / Education and state.
• ISBN: 9789004394544, 9789004394537

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
LC4069.6.P46 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE