Research has shown that people with disabilities (PWDs) are significantly disadvantaged within the areas of school enrolment, educational attainment, and learning, particularly in developing countries. In Ghana, the Inclusive Education (IE) Policy was established in 2006 to ensure the full participation of all PWDs in schools. The purpose of this…

African American males with disabilities meet challenges in K-12 public education and higher education. Educational practices often focus on a deficit interpretation of the abilities of African American males with disabilities. Educational stakeholders who do not reflect their layered identities of race, gender, ability, and socioeconomic status…

Preparing teacher candidates to enact inclusion can be challenging, particularly as teacher candidates navigate intersecting, oppressive ideologies (e.g., ableism and racism). In this paper, I present an analysis of qualitative data from a larger, multiple case study, highlighting the socio-spatial dimensions of White, non-disabled teacher…

The present study aimed to explore the various constraints faced by orthopaedically challenged women in their way towards higher education in Indian society. The tools used for the investigation are the General Information Schedule (GIS), Socioeconomic Schedule, and Interview Schedule. The sample consisted of 100 orthopaedically challenged women…

Compared the attitudes toward physically disabled persons held by individuals at three educational levels who had personal contact vs no such contact with the disabled. Data analyses revealed a significant main effect for education. The higher their educational level, the more positive were the students' attitudes. (Author)

This article reports the results of a survey of 150 Ontario (Canada) university students who were education majors. The survey investigated their attitudes towards the inclusion of children with disabilities into general education classes. The respondents had favorable attitudes toward inclusion but did not perceive themselves as being…

This survey of university training programs, public schools, and hospitals found that neither educators nor employers favor encouraging individuals who are quadriplegic or blind to train for or apply for careers in speech pathology. Educators rated individuals who were blind lower than did employers. (JDD)

This paper briefly discusses the uses of literary and professional texts in exceptional children teacher education and then reports on two studies examining the effects of literary texts on changing attitudes of prospective teachers toward children with disabilities. In the first study, an experimental section of an introductory course in teaching…

The literature indicates an increase over the past decade in the number of states that require special education coursework for preservice general education teachers. This paper focuses on one course and one project at the University of Utah that attempt to promote collaboration among regular and special educators. The course, Educational…

This study evaluated the attitudes and beliefs of 68 undergraduate preservice teachers in the fourth year of a teacher training program at the National Institute of Education (Singapore). The preservice teachers completed a survey of attitudes toward different assumptions of inclusion, perceptions of self-efficacy, and competence. Results suggest…

A survey of 100 student teachers in Great Britain investigated attitudes toward children with severe learning disabilities. Results found that the attitudes of the student teachers were not affected by completion of a special education course; however, previous experience with such children did have a positive effect on attitudes. (CR)

This memorandum from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services addresses student harassment based on disability. It begins by discussing why disability harassment is such an important issue and identifies federal laws that address disability harassment, including Section…

This paper outlines a collaborative research project between six teacher training universities in Australia and South Africa which investigated preservice teachers' acceptance of and social interactions with people with a disability. Preservice teachers (n=2,850) were asked to complete a 20-item Interactions with Disabled Person Scale and twelve…

This study examined the relationships between preservice physical education teacher attributes and attitude toward teaching students classified as behaviorally disordered, mildly mentally retarded, and learning disabled. Currently enrolled in an introductory adapted physical education course, physical education teaching majors (n=1,081) from…

Overviews the development of special education in several sub-Saharan African countries; describes the current status of special education programs in terms of financing and quality of educational services; and offers suggestions for improving special education services through curriculum development, teacher training, appropriate facilities and…