This study evaluates the effectiveness of a Bystander Leadership™ Program (BLP) designed to mitigate gender and racial biases among faculty at a research university. The BLP workshop, grounded in comprehensive local research, provided faculty with practical intervention skills to address observed biases in academic settings. A quasi-experimental…

As technology becomes a more central support for students with disabilities in inclusive schools, there is a need to understand fidelity of implementation of technology-delivered interventions. We propose a framework for conceptualizing fidelity of the Goal Setting Challenge App, a technology-delivered, intervention based on the Self-Determined…

The number of autistic students educated in general education classrooms in the United States has increased over recent decades. To ensure meaningful participation and learning for this population, there is a critical need to identify evidence-based, inclusive practices. Through systematic review, the authors examine characteristics and…

Including women in research and collecting and disaggregating data on sex is an ethical imperative. However, increasingly gender identity is being prioritised over sex in data collection and language which has ethical implications. In this paper, the authors share their experiences as study participants; a health consumer advocate, patient…

This article examines the role of Scotland's Additional Support for Learning (ASL) Act of 2004 (amended in 2007 and 2016) in promoting inclusive education, twenty years after its launch. Through the theoretical lenses of Nancy Fraser's social justice framework and John Rawls' theory of justice, the article reflects on the Act's provisions and…

The processes of discrimination in society negatively influence the social climate and economic development of the country. Manifestations of discrimination in the modern world have many forms. To deal with them, governments develop and implement policies aimed at preventing their further development. Overcoming age discrimination, which is called…

Receiving an autism diagnosis in adulthood can be profoundly transformative, yet many newly diagnosed autistic adults experience a lack of accessible, affirming post-diagnostic support. This study explores how a self-guided, neurodiversity-affirming resource--the "Welcome Pack"--supports newly diagnosed autistic adults in navigating…

In recent years, many countries have established inclusive education resource centres or rooms to facilitate the implementation of inclusion for children with disabilities, and China is no exception. Although much Chinese literature has explained how resource centres or rooms operate in different areas, studies have yet to systematically examine…

The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system is in crisis. A major new inquiry has been launched to find solutions, in part exploring how educational settings can become more inclusive through the provision of 'high quality support'. This begs the question--what "is" high quality support? Revisiting how SEND is…

Extremism in special education has been an endemic feature for decades but its most recent iteration, the full inclusion movement (FIM), is pushing special education toward a radical ideology in which placement in mainstream schools, rather than providing effective instruction, is becoming the main focus of efforts to meet the needs of students…

Informal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning (ISL) can remain inequitable when discourse and practices in ISL spaces position youth as temporary guests by implicitly or explicitly sidelining youths' experiences, community wisdom, cultures, and histories. The framework of "rightful presence" problematizes…

The evolving landscape of higher education necessitates a nuanced approach to accommodating the diverse needs of neurodivergent students, including those identifying as having autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyscalculia or Tourette's syndrome. Traditional settings often fail to provide adequate support, with…

Academic library literature contains several studies on the experience of autistic students navigating the world of higher education and its libraries. However, very little is published on the employment experiences of autistic academic librarians. This study attempts to examine employment barriers for autistic people currently or previously…

Since higher education institutions aim to promote social justice through equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), educators have raised concerns about the equitable and inclusive implementation of AI-based assessment practices in academic writing for multilingual students, who have been historically disenfranchised. Using academic literacies and…

In this paper, we discuss the process of reviewing and evaluating course design on an initial teacher education programme in a higher education institution in England. We demonstrate how critical evaluation of practice informed new understanding, strategies and approaches in teacher education and development. In England, policy forbids the…