We have agreed to provide within the journal a list of completed theses in the field of Disability Studies. This will be an important resource for readers to follow through as well as provide the names of colleagues who are new entrants to the discipline.
This is an open invitation for theses completed from 2018 which fit with the Aims and Scope of Disability & Society.
Please provide the following information:
Name of author
Thesis title
University awarding degree
Degree awarded and year:
A 100 word synopsis of the thesis
Email address
Please forward this information to Helen Oliver, Disability & Society Editorial Office
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We will include this call for Doctoral Announcements in forthcoming issues of the journal.
Executive Editors
Name of the author: Sally E. Brett
Thesis title: Pupils’ Experiences of Authentic Voice and Participatory Practices in a Special School
University awarding degree: London South Bank University, UK
Degree awarded and year: PhD, 2018
The thesis examines the experiences of pupils identified with educational needs and disability in a London special school. It focuses on 19 pupils labelled as having Complex Mixed Needs and considered “harder to reach” because of speech and communication difficulties, learning disabilities or complex health needs.
The introduction of Education, Health and Care plans and reforms to the Code of Practice (DfE, 2015) champions more inclusive practice. While legislation enshrines pupil voice and participation in law the concept of voice as speech is far from straightforward. The thesis argues for a reconceptualisation of voice beyond speech.
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