520
Views
6
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Negotiating Normalcy with Peers in Contexts of Inclusion: Perceptions of youth with disabilities in India

&
Pages 146-166 | Published online: 23 May 2013

References

  • Allan , J. 1999 . Actively seeking inclusion: Pupils with special needs in mainstream schools , London : Falmer Press .
  • Allan , J. and Smyth , G. 2009 . “ Connections: Children’s social capital and diversity ” . In Social capital, professionalism and diversity , Edited by: Allan , J. , Ozga , J. and Smyth , G. 193 – 205 . Boston , MA : Sense Publishers .
  • Alur , M. and Timmons , V. 2009 . Inclusive education across cultures: Crossing boundaries, sharing ideas , New Delhi , , India : Sage .
  • Anil Bordia Committee Report. (2010). RTE SSA final report—revamping SSA after RTE. New Delhi, India: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Retrieved from http://ssa.nic.in/page_portletlinks?foldername=quality-of-education
  • Bassey , M. 1981 . Pedagogic research: On the relative merits of search for generalisation and study of single events . Oxford Review of Education , 7 : 73 – 94 .
  • Biklen , D. and Burke , J. 2006 . Presuming competence . Equity & Excellence in Education , 39 : 166 – 175 . doi: 10.1080/10665680500540376
  • Bjarnason , D. 2009 . “ Parents and professionals: An uneasy partnership? ” . In Social capital, professionalism and diversity , Edited by: Allan , J. , Ozga , J. and Smyth , G. 123 – 137 . Boston , MA : Sense Publishers .
  • Bogdan , R. C. and Biklen , S. K. 2007 . Qualitative research for education: An introduction to theory and methods , 5th ed. , Boston , MA : Pearson .
  • Cerney , J. 2007 . “ Voices of deaf children ” . In Deaf education in America: Voices of children from inclusion settings , 59 – 109 . Washington , DC : Galludet University Press .
  • Chambers , C. R. , Wehmeyer , M. L. , Saito , Y. , Lida , K. M. , Lee , Y. and Singh , V. 2007 . Self-determination: What do we know? Where do we go? . Exceptionality , 15 : 3 – 15 . doi: 10.1080/09362830709336922
  • Crossley, M., & Vulliamy, G. (1997). Qualitative research in developing countries: Issues and experience. In M. Crossley & G. Vulliamy (Eds.), Qualitative educational research in developing countries: Current perspectives (pp. 1–30). New York: Garland Publishing.
  • Dhanda , A. 2007 . Legal capacity in the disability rights convention: Stranglehold of the past or lodestar for the future? . Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce , 34 : 429 – 462 .
  • District Information System for Education. (2011). Elementary education in India: Where do we stand? State report cards 2008–2009. New Delhi, India: National University of Educational Planning and Administration. Retrieved from http://www.dise.in/Downloads/Publications/Publications%202008-09/SRC_2008-09.pdf
  • Dolva , A. , Hemmingsson , H. , Gustavsson , A. and Borell , L. 2010 . Children with Down syndrome in mainstream schools: Peer interaction in activities . European Journal of Special Needs Education , 25 : 283 – 294 . doi: 10.1080/08856257.2010.492941
  • Edwards , R. 2004 . Present and absent in troubling ways: Families and social capital debates . The Sociological Review , 52 : 1 – 21 . doi: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2004.00439.x
  • Eisner , E. W. 1997 . The enlightened eye: Qualitative inquiry and the enhancement of educational practice , 2nd ed. , Upper Saddle River , NJ : Prentice Hall .
  • Enabling. (2011, December). Newsletter of National Trust for the welfare of persons with autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation, and multiple disabilities, 12. Retrieved from http://www.thenationaltrust.co.in/nt/images/stories/Newsletter/enabling%20booklet-2011%20%2811jan%29.pdf
  • Ferguson , P. M. 2002 . A place in the family: An historical interpretation of research on parental reactions to having a child with a disability . The Journal of Special Education , 36 : 124 – 131 .
  • Ferguson , P. M. and Ferguson , D. L. 2005 . “ The promise of adulthood ” . In Instruction of students with severe disabilities , 6th ed. , Edited by: Snell , M. and Brown , F. 610 – 637 . Upper Saddle River , NJ : Prentice Hall .
  • Gupta , A. 2006 . Early childhood education, postcolonial theory, and teaching practices in India , New York : Palgrave Macmillan .
  • Hagstrom , F. and Wertsch , J. V. 2004 . Grounding social identity for professional practice . Topics in Language Disorders , 24 : 162 – 173 .
  • Inclusion International. (2009). Better education for all: When we’re included too. Salamanca, Spain: Instituto Universitario de Integración en la Comunidad (INICO). Retrieved from http://ii.gmalik.com/pdfs/Better_Education_for_All_Global_Report_October_2009.pdf
  • Kalyanpur , M. 2008a . Equality, quality and quantity: Challenges in inclusive education policy and service provision in India . International Journal of Inclusive Education , 12 : 243 – 262 . doi: 10.1080/13603110601103162
  • Kalyanpur , M. 2008b . The paradox of majority underrepresentation in special education in India: Constructions of difference in a developing country . The Journal of Special Education , 42 : 55 – 64 . doi: 10.1177/0022466907313610
  • Kalyanpur , M. and Gowramma , I. P. 2007 . Cultural barriers to South Indian families’ access to services and educational goals for their children with disabilities . The Journal of the International Association of Special Education , 8 : 69 – 82 .
  • Kluth , P. , Straut , D. M. and Biklen , D. P. 2003 . Access to academics for ALL students: Critical approaches to inclusive curriculum, instruction and policy , Mahwah , NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum .
  • Lareau , A. and Horvat , E. M. 1999 . Moments of social inclusion and exclusion: Race, class, and cultural capital in family-school relationships . Sociology of Education , 72 : 37 – 53 .
  • Legal Capacity—Position Paper. (2010). Inclusion international. Retrieved from http://www.inclusion-international.org/wp-content/uploads/Position-Paper-Legal-Capacity-June-2010.pdf
  • Lewis, O. (2011, May). Conceptual foundations: The right to legal capacity. Paper presented at the Eleventh Nordic Network of Disability Research Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland.
  • Linde , C. 2001 . The acquisition of a speaker by a story: How history becomes memory and identity . Ethos , 28 : 608 – 632 . doi: 10.1525/eth.2000.28.4.608
  • Maxwell , L. A. 1996 . Qualitative research design: An interactive approach , Thousand Oaks , CA : Sage .
  • Merriam , S. B. 2009 . Qualitative research: A guide to design and implementation , San Francisco , CA : Jossey-Bass .
  • Meyer , L. H. 2001 . The impact of inclusion on children’s lives: Multiple outcomes, and friendship in particular . International Journal of Disability, Development and Education , 48 : 9 – 31 . doi: 10.1080/10349120120036288
  • Meyer , L. H. , Park , H. , Grenot-Scheyer , M. , Schwartz , I. S. and Harry , B. , eds. 1998 . Making friends: The influences of culture and development , Baltimore , MD : Brookes .
  • Miles , S. and Ahuja , A. 2007 . “ Learning from difference: Sharing international experiences of developments in inclusive education ” . In The Sage handbook of special education , Edited by: Florian , L. 131 – 145 . London : Sage .
  • Ministry of Human Resource and Development. (2011). Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan: Framework for implementation. New Delhi, India: Government of India, MHRD. Retrieved from http://ssa.nic.in/page_portletlinks?foldername=ssa-framework
  • Murray-Seegert , C. 1989 . Nasty girls, thugs and humans like us , Baltimore , MD : Brookes .
  • Naraian , S. 2010 . “Why not have fun?” Peers make sense of one inclusive high school program . Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities , 48 : 14 – 30 .
  • Natarajan , P. 2010 . The challenges of implementing Article 12 of the UNCRPD in India , Berlin : Inclusion International .
  • O’Brien, J. (1998). Focus on Vermont’s self-determination project. Retrieved from http://thechp.syr.edu/vermont_sd.pdf
  • O’Brien , C. and O’Brien , J. 2002 . “ The origins of person-centered planning: A community of practice perspective ” . In Person-centered planning: Research, practice and future directions , Edited by: Holburn , S. and Vietze , P. M. 3 – 27 . Baltimore , MD : Paul Brookes .
  • O’Connor , U. 2007 . Parental concerns on inclusion: The Northern Ireland perspective . International Journal of Inclusive Education , 11 : 535 – 550 . doi: 10.1080/13603110600586300
  • Sapon-Shevin , M. 2007 . Widening the circle: The power of inclusive classrooms , Boston , MA : Beacon .
  • Schnorr , R. F. 1990 . ‘Peter? He comes and goes …’: First graders’ perspectives on a part-time mainstream student . Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps , 15 : 231 – 240 .
  • Sharma, D. (2010). Moment of reckoning: New law versus amendments. Disability News and Information Service, 7(9). Retrieved from http://www.dnis.org/features.php?issue_id=9&volume_id=7&features_id=176
  • Sharma, U., & Deppler, J. (2005). Integrated education in India: Challenges and prospects. Disability Studies Quarterly, 25. Retrieved from http://www.dsq-sds.org/
  • Singal , N. 2006 . Inclusive education in India: International concept, national interpretation . International Journal of Disability, Development and Education , 53 : 351 – 369 . doi: 10.1080/10349120600847797
  • Singal , N. 2008 . Working towards inclusion: Reflections from the classroom . Teaching and Teacher Education , 24 : 1516 – 1529 . doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.01.008
  • Slee , R. 2009 . “ Travelling with our eyes open: Models, mantras and analysis in new times ” . In Inclusive education across cultures: Crossing boundaries, sharing ideas , Edited by: Alur , M. and Timmons , V. 93 – 106 . New Delhi , , India : Sage .
  • UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) . 1994 . The Salamanca statement and framework for action on special needs education , New York : UNESCO .
  • United Nations. (2006). Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/convention/convoptprot-e.pdf
  • Wehmeyer , M. L. , Palmer , S. , Agran , M. , Mithaug , D. E. and Martin , J. E. 2000 . Promoting causal agency: The self-determination learning model of instruction . Exceptional Children , 66 : 439 – 453 .
  • World Bank. (2007). People with disabilities in India: From commitment to outcomes. Human Development Unit, South Asia Region, World Bank. Retrieved from http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INDIAEXTN/Resources/295583-1171456325808/DISABILITYREPORTFINALNOV2007.pdf

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.