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International Inclusion
Moderated by Anne Smith, Diane Ryndak & Ashleigh Malloy
 Disability
rights advocacy, the UN Millennium Development Goal of universal
primary education by 2015 lead by the UNESCO Education For All initiative,
and World Bank poverty reduction strategies have helped to create a
context for nations around the world to pursue policies and practices
that promote increased access and participation of individuals with
disabilities in educational, community living, and employment
settings. Inclusion has required us to question the nature and
meaning of disability as well as how we
construct human service systems across medical, education,
employment, community living, and social welfare sectors.
The movement toward inclusion
has far-reaching implications as well as benefits for students, families,
schools, and communities and raises many complex questions for
researchers, policy-makers, program implementers, and citizens. What
are inclusive ideologies? How do these ideologies impact on policy,
practice, and research around the world? How do strategies to promote
inclusion vary across cultural, social, and political contexts? Are there
universal strategies to promote inclusion? How can we ensure that
large-scale social change for inclusion remains grounded in the needs
and desires of the individual? How can we partner and support networks
around the world to promote the full participation of people with
disabilities around the globe?
Thursday, November 10, 2005
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Hong Kong: Perspectives Across Three Decades on Parenting, Inclusion,
and Postsecondary Education
This presentation will offer participants a glimpse of how people with
intellectual disabilities were viewed in
Hong Kong
while under British rule and
will contrast that with modern perspectives after Chinese sovereignty was
achieved.
Speakers: Ming-Gon John Lian, Susan Yuan, Christie Gilson
9:00 am - 9:30 am
The Experiences of Peer Supporters in a University Programme for
Students with a developmental disability
In
October 2004, 5 Peer Supporters with a developmental disability joined the
Centre for Disability Studies, University College Dublin, Ireland.
These 5 supports were to help both tutors and students on the
Certificate in Citizenship & Advocacy programme, and in this
presentation will tell you how they got on.
Speakers: Anne O'Connor, Maeve Connolly, Jack Shanahan, Martin Carolan,
Tara Carroll
9:45 -
10:45 Global Lessons on Inclusive Education:
How Did They Do It? How Do We Do It?
Maho Kasahara & Nicole DeClouette
Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusion of
People with Disabilities in Educational Institutions and Work Places in
East Africa: The Case of Kenya
This
presentation will focus on the opportunities and challenges in the
socio-economic environment in Eastern African countries that provide a
conducive substructure for promotion of inclusion of people with
disabilities in educational institutions and formal employment.
The poster is using
Kenya
as a case study to illustrate these opportunities and challenges.
The poster goes ahead to enumerate the role of policy and
legislation, advocacy, and the democratization process in facilitating
inclusion of people with disabilities in educational institutions and work
places. Lastly, the poster
emphasizes that lack of commitment from the Government is the key
challenge in implementing policies and laws that are supposed to enhance
inclusion. The poster
methodology will include, brief text explanations, posters, and more.
Speakers: Julius Simiyu Nabende, Benjamin Amwama Omweno
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
Roundtable Luncheon Join
the TASH International Committee and International Strand presenters for
an interactive discussion of inclusion around the world. Speakers: Anne
C. Smith
2:00 - 3:00 pm
Towards Inclusion: building partnerships in
the UK
This presentation reports on an aspect of a ESRC
(Economic Social Research Council) funded project based in the UK where
young people with disabilities, parents, teachers, service providers and
academics came together in a series of seminars to discuss the meaning of Towards
Inclusion: Building Partnerships in the U.K
Speakers: Phyllis Jones
Practice and Research with Children with
Developmental Disabilities in
Turkey
Direct
instruction and errorless teaching are widely utilized in the educational
environments for children with DD whereas single-subject research is the
most preferred methodology in the studies conducted with children with DD
in
Turkey
. Features of these practices and research will be elaborated.
Speakers: Gonul Kircaali-Iftar, Curcu Ulke- Kurkcuoglu, Sema Batu, Elif Tkekin Iftar, Burcu
Ulke-Kurkcuoglu
3:15- 4:15 pm
Community Based Early Intervention Service
Model In Low Socio-Economic Communities of
India
India
is a large
country with a population of over one billion people spread over 3.28 m
sq. km. in a federal structure of 28 States and 6
Union
Territories
with 32 languages and numerous dialects. It is a multi-cultural,
multi-racial and multi-religion society which by definition is more
indicative of integration than of segregation. Predictably there is
enormous diversity in urban, semi urban and rural situations which
contribute to a wide spectrum of region-specific and culture-specific
differences. Only 15% people living in urban areas and 3% people living in
rural areas can avail rehabilitation services -in
India
, total coverage according to Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
is only 5.7%.This paper focuses on a holistic comprehensive and
sustainable Community based early intervention service model developed in three low
socio-economic colonies communities of
NEW DELHI
with the help of a
DELHI
based Non Government Organization for four months. Early intervention
plays a major role in the lives of children with disabilities. It prevents
further impairments, minimize the effect of disability, and maximize the
child development. The case study of 37 children with special needs and
information collected by conducting community programs in slum communities
of
New Delhi
are the basis for analysis of data. The data is represented in
frequency-percentage from results. The purpose of this presentation is to
continue and support community based service model for young children with
special
needs and its objectives as part of the ongoing efforts towards
early prevention, early identification, and early intervention.
Speakers: Vandana Singh
This
strand will culminate with an Open Forum Discussion facilitated by the
moderators
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