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Toward Inclusive Classrooms

This book, written by teachers, offers practical guidance on how to move teaching and learning toward inclusion. It discusses how the teachers tackled specific restructuring challenges. While they may not have reached full inclusion, they are heading in the right direction.
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Staying Alive

The sub-title of this book is "A mother takes on the Australian medical profession", and it certainly sums this story up. Gail and Rollyn Graham's seventeen year old son, Jimmy, sustained massive brain damage in a car accident.
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Perspectives on a Parent Movement

Since the 1950's, Rosemary Dybwad (and her husband) has spoken out for people with disabilities and their families. This is a collection of Rosemary's speeches and papers over these years. Through these speeches the reader gains an understanding of the history of the disability rights (including the parent) movement.
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Inclusive Education: A Parent Handbook

While this handbook is written specifically for parents in British Columbia, it contains a great deal of practical and relevant information for parents in Australia. It stresses the importance of parents contributing and building up knowledge of their child.
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Families with Young Children with Disabilities and High Support Needs

This is a comprehensive report which considers issues surrounding families with young children with disabilities and high support needs and the service system's response to these needs. It is clearly set out and is illustrated by case studies.
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1996 TASH Annual Conference - Excerpts from Opening Plenary Session Remarks of Beth Harry

This article examines four cornerstones of American social philosophy. The four cornerstones are economic productivity, personal choice, equity and independence. Harry sees these cornerstones as alien to many families as all people do not operate the same value systems.
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Everyone Belongs: School Inclusion and Social Relationships in Italy

This article details four elements which have been found to be crucial to including all students in regular public education in Italy. Dr. Raffaels Tortora is quoted as saying: "Italy has become a laboratory for the rest of the world. Other nations send representatives to observe our schools".
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Pursuing Self Determination

The move towards self determination has seen people with a disability, supported by family and friends, working with professionals to determine their own futures. It has seen people with a disability have control over how funding is spent, with reliance on community support systems rather than service delivery systems.
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An Episode of Innocence

This article carries a strong message about the vulnerability of those with disabilities. In a clear case of discrimination, Christopher Derkacz, two years old and basically a healthy child, was denied intensive care because he had Down Syndrome. Christopher died.
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How One District Integrated Special and General Education

Over the past ten years, the Winooski school district has worked towards inclusive education for all children in their community. This article outlines key steps undertaken, including redefinition of roles and teacher collaboration.
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We work with families in NSW to defend and promote the rights and interests of people with developmental disability

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