Childhood Disability, Advocacy, and Inclusion in the Caribbean - A Trinidad and Tobago Case Study (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

This book presents an ethnographic case study of the personal motivations, advocacy, and activation of social capital needed to create and sustain the Immortelle Children's Centre, a private school that has served children with disabilities in Trinidad/Tobago for four decades. Based on narratives by parents from the 1980's, current parents, teachers, community advocates, and the author, who was the founder of Immortelle in 1978, the study views the school within the context of a nation standing in a liminal space between developed and developing societies. It argues that the attainment of equity for children with disabilities will require an agenda that includes a legal mandate for education of all children, increased public funding for education, health and therapeutic services, and an on-going public awareness campaign. Relating this study to the global debate on inclusion, the author shows how the implementation of this agenda would have to be adapted to the social, cultural, and economic realities of the society.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Disability and International Development
Release date:	October 2019
First published:	2020
Authors:	Beth Harry
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	283
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-023857-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of specific groups > Teaching of those with special educational needs > Teaching of physically disabled persons Promotions
LSN:	3-03-023857-1
Barcode:	9783030238575

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