Full Description
Focusing on contemporary childhood disability issues, and relevant to the lived experiences of disabled children and young people and their families, this book addresses themes such as transition, identity, education, inclusion, and service provision. It also includes insightful contributions on participatory research and practice with disabled children and young people, including an emphasis on capability, voice, and communicative spaces for those with life limiting and more severe levels of impairment.
The contributions to this book are grounded in a commitment to the rights of disabled children and young people, as explicitly recognised under the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child (1989) and Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006). However, the authors also draw our attention to the detrimental impact of economic austerity and conflict on the extent to which these rights are being realised, encouraging further consideration of issues relating to social justice, inter-dependence, and participation. Addressing the diversity of disabled children's lives across service domains and international contexts, this book provides an evidence base to support the realisation of the rights of disabled children and young people. This book was originally published as a special issue of Child Care in Practice.
Contents
Introduction: Valuing Disabled Children 1. "We Could Kid On that This is Going to Benefit the Kids but No, This is about Funding": Cutbacks in Services to Disabled Children and Young People in Scotland 2. Prioritising the Inclusion of Children and Young People with Disabilities in Post-conflict Education Reform 3. "The Things that are Inside of You are Horrible": Children and Young Men with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Talk about the Impact of Living with a Long-term Condition 4. To be Cared For and to Care: Understanding Theoretical Conceptions of Care as a Framework for Effective Inclusion in Early Childhood Education and Care 5. Valuing the Place of Young People with Learning Disabilities in the Arts 6. The Participation of Disabled Children and Young People: A Social Justice Perspective 7. Understanding Young Children's Capabilities: Approaches to Interviews with Young Children Experiencing Disability 8. From Individualism to Co-construction and Back Again: Rethinking Research Methodology for Children with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities 9. Narrativising Envisioned Futures by Adolescents with Significant Intellectual Disabilities 10. Transition, Inclusion and Partnership: Child-, Parent- and Professional-led Approaches in a European Research Project 11. Exploring Transitions with Disabled Young People: Our experiences, Our Rights and Our Views 12. "Yes They are Listening but Do They Hear Us?" Reflections on the Journey of the Barnardo's Participation Project
