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Whitburn, Ben – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2017
The contextual precept of this paper is to re-theorise inclusive education beyond technical rational solutions to the "problem" of disability. Drawing on Foucauldian and critical disability theories, I make the case for the analysis of inclusive schooling through the lens of students' "included" subjectivities--notwithstanding…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Disabilities, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Educational Theories
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Pallisera, Maria – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2011
This paper examines transition scenarios to adult and active life in Spain from an inclusive viewpoint. For people with learning disabilities, the transition to adult life is a particularly complex process worldwide, and this is especially true in Spain. The multitude of services and professionals involved, the diversity of views regarding what…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Accessibility (for Disabled)
de la Iglesia Mayol, Begona – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2006
With a view to improving the quality of life of persons living with disabilities without direct intervention but in the context of action at the level of their personal development, and with the institutional support of the University of the Balearic Islands and funding from "SA Nostra" Caixa de Balears, we decided to develop, implement…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Professional Personnel, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Attitude Change
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