TY  - BOOK
AU  - Armstrong,Felicity
AU  - Barton,Len
TI  - Disability, human rights and education: cross cultural perspectives 
T2  - Disability, human rights, and society
SN  - 0335204589
AV  - HV1568 .D568 1999
U1  - 305.90816 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Buckingham [England], Philadelphia
PB  - Open University Press
KW  - People with disabilities
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Education
KW  - Human rights
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Disabled people's quest for social justice in Zimbabwe; Robert Chimedza, Susan Peters; 7 --; 2; Human rights and the struggle for inclusive education in Trinidad and Tobago; Ann Cheryl Namsoo, Derrick Armstrong; 24 --; 3; Headlights on full beam: disability and education in Hong Kong; John Lewis; 38 --; 4; Human rights and inclusive education in China: a Western perspective; Patricia Potts; 54 --; 5; Rights and disabilities in educational provision in Pakistan and Bangladesh: roots, rhetoric, reality; M. Miles, Farhad Hossain; 67 --; 6; Inclusive education in Canada: a piece in the equality puzzle; Marcia Rioux; 87 --; 7; Disability, human rights and education: the United States; Alan Gartner, Dorothy Kerzner Lipsky; 100 --; 8; Special education and human rights in Australia: how do we know about disablement, and what does it mean for educators?; Roger Slee; 119 --; 9; Educational opportunities and polysemic notions of equality in France; Nathalie Belanger, Nicolas Garant; 132 --; 10; Experience-near perspectives on disabled people's rights in Sweden; Anders Gustavsson; 149 --; 11; Equality and full participation for all? School practices and special education/integration in Greece; Anastasia Vlachou-Balafouti; 161 --; 12; Disability, human rights and education in Cyprus; Helen Phtiaka; 176 --; 13; Disability, human rights and education in Romania; Michele Moore, Karen Dunn; 193 --; 14; 'Is there anyone there concerned with human rights?' Cross-cultural connections, disability and the struggle for change in England; Felicity Armstrong, Len Barton; 210
N2  - This volume recognizes the importance of an informed cross-cultural understanding of the policies and practices of different societies within the field of disability, human rights and education
ER  -