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This article highlights a model of inclusive education funding which connects funding to the school rather than the individual child. Tagging the funding to the child encourages schools to label the child as the 'problem' and to emphasise the severity of their disability.
Read MoreThis media statement and accompanying letter, express opposition to Christopher Reeve's 'cure' centered approach to disability. Three advocates call on the government to take action to improve the lives of people with disabilities, rather than simply supporting stem-cell research.
Read MoreThis book is a collection of articles dealing with the importance of strong relationships for people with disability. People with disability and their family, friends and assistants tell their personal stories of the struggles and triumphs involved in establishing and maintaining independence and friendship.
Read MoreThis academic work criticizes the bureaucracy and 'client' focus that tends to develop around people with intellectual disability.
Read MorePablo Pineda is Spain's first university graduate with Down Syndrome. In an interview, he comments that he found university 'liberating', but had to overcome a great deal of prejudice about his disability. He believes attitudes are changing, but there is more work to be done.
Read MoreThis article traces the history of self-determination for people with developmental disability. The authors argue that while advocates work towards achieving independence and empowerment, they should not loose sight of the importance of interdependence, contribution and engagement.
Read MoreThis article discusses the misconceptions and overt discrimination which surrounds parents with an intellectual disability. The child protection system perceives disability as an automatic risk factor, discriminating against the parent while claiming to protect the child's interest.
Read MoreThis article reports on 6 year-old David's experience in a mainstream classroom. The inclusion of a student with Down Syndrome has taught the school a great deal.
Read MoreThis academic article discusses barriers to the development of inclusive teacher practices in England and how they might be reduced. Inclusion refers to the minimisation of racial, sexual and socio-economic discrimination, with little specific mention of disability.
Read MoreThis article reports that despite superficial support for inclusion, the Canadian government and public continue to support the practice of eugenics. Eugenics is the study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding.
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