Full Description
Contains six case studies that address issues of inclusive education or social inclusion in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. The cases raise a number of questions relating to the purpose and nature of schooling, about who should have access to schools and how such access might be negotiated. These cases also ask questions about the respective roles of policy, parents, civic society, advocacy groups, professionals, NGOs, and government agencies; how notions of disability are constructed in the region; in which way does the Soviet legacy of "defectology" still inform policy and practice today.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction Kate Lapham and Martyn Rouse
1. Tradition, Stigma, and Inclusion: Overcoming Obstacles to Educational Access in Tajikistan Benjamin Gatling and Manzura Juraeva
2. Out of the Shadows: The Work of Parents in Inclusive Education in Tajikistan Christopher M. Whitsel and Shodibek Kodirov
3. Parent Activism in Kazakhstan: The Promotion of Autistic Children's Educational Rights by the Ashyk Alem Foundation Mariana Markova and Dilara Sultanalieva
4. Fools Rush In: A Path to Inclusive Education in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan Nils J. Kauffman and Larisa Popova
5. "Raising Children without Complexes": Successes and Shortcomings in Implementing Inclusive Education in Northern Kyrgyzstan Cassandra Hartblay and Galina Ailchieva
6. Umut Nadezhda Rehabilitation Center Anastasia Kokina and Nina Bagdasarova
Conclusion: The Road Ahead Kate Lapham and Martyn Rouse
List of Contributors
Index
