Distinguishing Disability : Parents, Privilege, and Special Education
Colin. Ong-Dean
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
| Medvirkende | Ong-Dean, Colin. (Author)
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| Utgitt | Chicago, Ill. : : University of Chicago Press, , 2009.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (214 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One - From Social Reform to Technical Management; Chapter Two - Disabled Children's Parents; Chapter Three - High Roads and Low Roads to Disability; Chapter Four - Looking for Answers; Chapter Five - Whose Voices Are Heard?; Chapter Six - Reflections on Disability and Social Reproduction; Appendix; Notes; References; Index. - Students in special education programs can have widely divergent experiences. For some, special education amounts to a dumping ground where schools unload their problem students, while for others, it provides access to services and accommodations that drastically improve chances of succeeding in school and beyond. Distinguishing Disability argues that this inequity in treatment is directly linked to the disparity in resources possessed by the students' parents. Since the mid-1970s, federal law has empowered parents of public school children to intervene in
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| Emner | Special education - Parent participation - United States
Children with disabilities - Education - United States. Children with disabilities. Education Vis mer... Education, Special Topics
Social Sciences spesialundervisning foreldre barn funksjonshemmede spesialpedagogikk foreldredeltaking USA |
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| ISBN | 0226630005. - 0226630013. - 9780226630007. - 9780226630014
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