People with intellectual disability experiencing university life : theoretical underpinnings, evidence and lived experience / Edited by Patricia O'Brien, Michelle L. Bonati, Friederike Gadow and Roger Slee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Brien, Patricia (Patricia Mary), 1945- editor.

Bonati, Michelle L., editor.

Gadow, Friederike, editor.

Slee, Roger, editor.

Series:

Studies in Inclusive Education 42.

Studies in inclusive education, 2542-9825 ; Volume 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning disabled--Education (Higher).

Learning disabled.

College students with disabilities--Services for.

College students with disabilities.

Adaptability (Psychology).

Inclusive education.

Education and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiv, 293 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill Sense, [2018]

Summary:

This book will introduce the reader to international perspectives associated with post-secondary school education for students with intellectual disability attending university settings. Examples of students with intellectual disability gaining their right to full inclusion within university settings are outlined, as well as the barriers and facilitators of such innovation. The four parts of the text will act as a reader for all stakeholders of inclusion at the university level. The first part examines the philosophical, theoretical and rights-based framework of inclusion. The second part provides evidence and insight into eight programs from across the globe, where students with intellectual disability are included within university settings. The third part consists of six chapters associated with the lived experiences of stakeholders in the programs profiled in Part 2. These stories are represented through the voices of former students of inclusive tertiary education initiatives, parents of adult children with intellectual disability who have participated in tertiary education, and lecturers who have taught students with intellectual disability as members of their courses. In the fourth part, critical issues are examined, including the role of secondary school counsellors, sustaining post university outcomes, transition from university to employment, inclusive university teaching approaches, and decision-making approaches to successfully implement a tertiary education initiative. The text concludes with a synthesis of the book themes and proposes calls to action with specific tasks to move the rhetoric of human rights into reality for adults with intellectual disability through an inclusive tertiary education. Contributors are: Kristín Björnsdóttir, Michelle L Bonati, Bruce Chapman, Amy L. Cook, Deborah Espiner, Friederike Gadow, Meg Grigal, Debra Hart, Laura Hayden, Anne Hughson, John Kubiak, Niamh Lally, Lorraine Lindsay, Jemima MacDonald, Kathleen J. Marshall, Kerri-ann Messenger, Lumene Montissol, Ray Murray, John O’Brien, Patricia O’Brien, Barrie O’Connor, Molly O’Keeffe, Clare Papay, Anthony J. Plotner , Parimala Raghavendra, Fiona Rillotta, Michael Shevlin , Roger Slee, Natasha A. Spassiani , Guðrún V. Stefánsdóttir, Josh Stenberg, Kimberley Teasley, Lorraine Towers, Margaret Turley, Bruce Uditsky, Chelsea VanHorn Stinnett, Stephanie Walker, Thea Werkoven, Felicia L. Wilczenski.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Foreword / Lani Florian

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Purpose of the Book / Patricia O’Brien , Michelle L. Bonati , Friederike Gadow and Roger Slee

Philosophical, Theoretical and Rights Based Framework of Inclusion

From Institutionalisation to Inclusion / Patricia O’Brien and Michelle L. Bonati

Widening Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Intellectual Disabilities / Barrie O’Connor , Deborah Espiner and Molly O’Keeffe

Setting the Scene for People with Disability to Experience University Life / Roger Slee

Evidence-Based Outcomes Arising from Inclusive University Programs across International Boundaries

30 Years of Inclusive Post-Secondary Education / E. Anne Hughson and Bruce Uditsky

Inclusive Higher Education for People with Intellectual Disability in the United States / Meg Grigal , Debra Hart and Clare Papay

Developing an Inclusive Model of Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disability / Anthony J. Plotner , Kathleen J. Marshall , Chelsea Vanhorn Stinnett and Kimberly Teasley

Meaningful Participation and Shared Ownership in an Inclusive University Program in Iceland / Guđrún V. Stefánsdóttir and Kristín Björnsdóttir

Scope, Challenges and Outcomes of an Inclusive Tertiary University Initiative in Australia / Friederike Gadow and Jemima Macdonald

Developing Post-Secondary Education Programmes for People with Intellectual Disablities at Trinity College, the University of Dublin, Ireland / John Kubiak , Natasha Spassiani , Michael Shevlin and Molly O’Keeffe

Journey “Up the Hill” Through Inclusive Higher Education for People with Intellectual Disability at a South Australian University / Fiona Rillotta , Lorraine Lindsay and Parimala Raghavendra

The Lived Experience of Being and Becoming a University Student

Journey “Up the Hill” to my Hopes and Dreams / Kerri-Ann Messenger , Lorraine Lindsay and Fiona Rillotta

My Life as a University Student / Stephanie Walker and Jemima Macdonald

Expanding Pathways to University / Lumene Montissol and Amy L. Cook

My Name is Margaret and This is My Story / Margaret Turley

A Conversation with Families of Young People with Intellectual Disability for Whom the Dream of Attending University Came True / Patricia O’Brien and Ray Murray

Lecturers’ Perspectives on Being Involved in Teaching Students with Intellectual Disability Participating in University Courses / Michelle L. Bonati , Bruce Chapman , Josh Stenberg , Lorraine Towers and Thea Werkhoven

Critical Issues Associated with the Further Development of Post Secondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disability

What Comes Next? Sustaining Outcomes Post-University / Niamh Lally , Patricia O’Brien and Robert Gilligan

Counsellor Roles in Postsecondary Transition from School to University / Amy L. Cook , Laura A. Hayden and Felicia L. Wilczenski

Inclusive Tertiary Education through Universal Design for Learning and Service-Learning / Michelle L. Bonati

Transition from University to Employment / Vivienne Riches , Friederike Gadow and Jemima Macdonald

Exploring the Growing Edges of Inclusion / John O’Brien

Moving from Rhetoric to Reality / Patricia O’Brien , Michelle L. Bonati , Friederike Gadow and Roger Slee

Back Matter

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-39455-9

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004394551 DOI