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Jorge Luis Méndez; Juan Llanes; Alejandra Montané – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
This article examines to what extent the independent living movement has an impact on higher education. With this purpose, a survey of 13,939 undergraduate and postgraduate students related to Education Sciences from 24 institutions in Europe and Latin America was carried out. Of these students, 615 declared having a disability. The objectives of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Foreign Countries, Education Majors
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Chamak, Brigitte; Bonniau, Béatrice – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
The aim of this retrospective study was to retrace the trajectories and long-term outcomes of individuals with autism in France, and to explore the family experiences. Data obtained from parents enables us to follow the trajectories of 76 adults. Two-thirds of adults with severe autism had a very poor outcome. Those with moderate autism had a…
Descriptors: Autism, Family Relationship, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adults
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Schneider, Cornelia – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2015
This article proposes a reflection on the issue of the terminology of inclusive education that has been dominating the national and international debates. Reviewing some of the relevant literature and drawing from observations in the education system, the author poses the question if the terms of inclusion and inclusive education represent the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accessibility (for Disabled), Vocabulary, Inclusion
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Dumaret, Annick-Camille; Donati, Pascale; Crost, Monique – Children & Society, 2011
This study describes the transition towards independent living of 123 former fostered young people reared for long periods in a private French organisation, SOS Children's Villages. Three generations of care leavers were analysed through a postal survey and interviews. Their narratives show typical pathways after leaving care. Two-thirds became…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Transitional Programs, Independent Living
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Galland, Olivier – Journal of Family Issues, 1997
Drawing on census data from 1975 to 1994, reports on the leaving-home behavior of youth in France. Findings indicate that French youth tend to leave the parental home increasingly later, mainly due to unemployment. But the impact of unemployment varied according to the young person's sex and residential situation. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adult Children, Family Environment, Family Structure, Foreign Countries
Guggenheim, Eric Fries – 2003
Materials from Agora 12 demonstrate that the disabled are merely another side of ourselves and training for them is a means of developing and acquiring independence and of becoming absorbed into society. A Foreword outlines the subjects of the three sessions: social solidarity and mental disability; training of the mentally psychologically…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations