60.079 - Diversity, Poverty, and Inclusion: Meeting the Educational Needs of Students With Disabilities

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Classrooms around the world are more diverse than ever before, with the challenge of practitioners meeting diverse student needs, especially those of students with disabilities, a daunting one. Presenters provide an international framework for inclusive education and explore the intersection of diversity, poverty, and disabilities. The orientation of this presentation is on equity in inclusive education, in the context of cultural continuity and change. Presenters provide examples from cases around the world to provide an in-depth understanding of the challenges and advancements in inclusive education for students with disabilities.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Special Education Research

Chair

• Marie Tejero Hughes, University of Illinois at Chicago

Papers

• On the Purpose of Schooling: Inviting in or Locking Out? - Shelley Zion, University of Colorado - Denver

• Understanding Complex Equity Issues in Inclusive Education - Federico R. Waitoller, University of Illinois at Chicago; Todd Fletcher, University of Arizona

• Disability-Education-Poverty Nexus: Reconceptualizing Education in Disability and Poverty Debates - Nidhi Singal, University of Cambridge

• Race, Cultural Differences, and Special Education - Donna Y. Ford, Vanderbilt University; Monika Williams Shealey, Rowan University