Rights, Difference, and the Future of Inclusion for Students With Disabilities

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This moderated discussion will focus on the complexities and promises of inclusive education for students with disabilities. Multiple perspectives from research, policy, and practice will be shared. Panelists will cover a variety of timely topics such as, the affordances and constraints of inclusion rights; the historical entanglements of disability with race, gender, language and social class; and the diversity of perspectives on inclusion used by special education and disability studies scholars. Lessons and insights will be offered within the context of policy, educational practices and programs, research, personnel preparation models, and family/community partnerships.

Sub Unit

• Public Good: Power and Possibilities

Chair

• Alfredo J. Artiles, Stanford University

Participants

• Subini Ancy Annamma, Stanford University

• Govinda Budrow, Fond du Lac Tribal And Community College

• Steven Eidelman, University of Delaware

• Holly Jacobs, University of Massachusetts - Boston

• Jean Robertson, San Francisco Unified School District

• Karrie A. Shogren, The Life Span Institute & Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities