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Fathers of Children with Special Needs: New Horizons
"This document celebrates fatherhood and is a tribute to those fathers who have given so much to their children with special needs. The myth that fathers are not vital to or involved in the lives of children and are not capable of being nurturers will not withstand a reading of...
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The Inclusion Papers: Strategies to Make Inclusion Work
"The basic premise of the book is that there is a growing recognition of and respect for social justice, equal rights, acceptance, belonging and inclusion. This movement accepts that all persons should be equally valued, provided equal opportunities, viewed as unique individuals, and be exposed to and learn from and...
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Reasonable Accommodations: Strategies for teaching University Students with Disabilities
"The concept of reasonable accommodation, or adjustment covers campus design, including the provision of equipment and access, and study course design. Applying the concept means that academic and administrative staff, wherever it is necessary, possible and reasonable to do so, take into account a student's disability and make appropriate adjustments...
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Integration..a place for everyone
This book is an account of the integration experiences of four secondary schools in Victoria. Three of the four schools have inclusion programs and the other school has an integration program - that is the student only comes into the school three days a week for certain classes.
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Anti-Bias Curriculum: Tools for Empowering Young Children
Children develop biases against people of colours and cultures other than their own, and against people with abilities different from their own. At an early age children have ideas about what boys are "supposed" to do and what girls "can't" do.
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School and Disability: Research and Practice in Integration
Integration of disabled students into 'mainstream' schools is an important and controversial issue in Australian education. The topic is undoubtedly complex. This review draws on a wide range of Australian and overseas literature to identify the variety of possible approaches to integration and the key factors that shape their likely success.
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Beyond the Classroom: Involving Students with Disabilities in Extracurricular Activities at Levy Middle School
"Physical presence at school does not necessarily achieve integration; integration also involves social interactions and relationships...An important part of school life, for all children, is the various social and recreational activities such as school clubs, teams, and other organisations...The project described in this paper grew out of an interest in...
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The Nature and Purposes of Advocacy for People with Disabilities
Although all human beings experience vulnerability, people with disabilities experience heightened vulnerability. For some people, the consequences of this heightened vulnerability may include social devaluation, physical and social rejection, a loss of control over important areas of their lives and brutalisation. Advocacy is one vital response to vulnerability and its consequences.
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Safeguarding Advocacy for People with Disabilities in Australia: Recommendations by the Disability Advisory Council of Australia
These recommendations are primarily based on the report by Judith Cross and Lorraine Zeni (File no. 3042). It is essential that this report be read in conjunction with the recommendations. It argues that advocacy needs to be safeguarded and further developed as a valuable means of protecting and advancing interests...
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Safeguarding Advocacy for People with Disabilities in Australia
"As a society we continue to oppress and deny people with disabilities the status, value and opportunities many of us take for granted. Advocacy for all Australians who are vulnerable, oppressed and in need of protection is critical.
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