Belonging for People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities: Pushing the Boundaries of Inclusion / Edition 1

by Melanie Nind, Iva Strnadova

Overview

This book pushes the boundaries in the way we approach people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities, and in how we work with them in education and research. While it is grounded in diverse theoretical frameworks and disciplines, the book coheres around a commitment to seeing people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities as equal citizens who belong in our classrooms, research projects and community lives.

Each section covers policy contexts, key ideas and recent research. Featuring contributions from around the world, the book incorporates established and new voices, different disciplines and experiences. Additionally, it includes pieces from family members of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. Divided into three parts, the book explores three main topics:

• Belonging in education
• Belonging in research
• Belonging in communities

Belonging for People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities is an invaluable resource for scholars, professionals and postgraduate research students with an interest in children or adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367202958
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/20/2020
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Melanie Nind is Professor of Education at the University of Southampton, UK, where she is Director of the Centre for Research in Inclusion.

Iva Strnadová is Professor of Special Education and Disability Studies at the University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

Contributors x

Preface xv

1 Changes in the lives of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities Melanie Nind Iva Strnadová 1

Part I Belonging in education 23

Fellow Traveller Account 1: Belonging and segregation - the oxymoron of the special school Shoshana Dreyfus 25

2 Exploring the situated social being of children with profound and multiple learning difficulties across educational contexts: A study of belonging Ben Simmons 27

3 Inclusion and participation of students with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities Bea Maes Anneleen Penne Katrijn Vastmans Michael Arthur-Kelly 41

4 On 'being' together as belonging: Inside Golden Tent Jill Goodwin 59

Part II Belonging in research 75

Fellow Traveller Account 2: Siblings belonging together Hilra Gondim Vinha 77

5 Crossing the wobbly bridge: An inclusive approach to researching playfulness and children with profound and multiple learning difficulties Debby Watson 81

6 A trip to the caves: Making life story work inclusive and accessible Noelle McCormack 98

7 Shifting the gaze: The use of wearable cameras in research Melaneia Warwick 113

Part III Belonging in communities 127

Fellow Traveller Account 3: Are people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their families welcome in the wider learning disability community? Clare Palmer Jan Walmsley 129

8 Approaching a person with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: What do you think, what do you do? Sheridan Forster 133

9 Singing together: Friends' and families' perspectives of possible ways to be included in society Catherine de Haas 159

10 Enabling people with profound and multiple learning disabilities to belong in public and community archive collections Liz Tilley Sue Ledger Catherine de Haas 176

11 Belonging and people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: Pushing the boundaries Iva Strnadová Melanie Nind 196

Index 210

Editorial Reviews

"This book gives a glimpse into the lives of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. It is a reality of many obstacles and challenges. In contrast, the focus of this book is on the positive possibilities. The message is that if we are willing, people in this situation can have playful lives, agency, choices and feel the joy of belonging."

- Dr. Kjartan Skogly Kversøy, Journal of Educational Thought

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