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The impact of policy and legislation on M aori children with special needs in A otearoa/ N ew Z ealand
Author(s) -
Fortune Kiri
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
support for learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1467-9604
pISSN - 0268-2141
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9604.12014
Subject(s) - legislation , special needs , set (abstract data type) , political science , population , special education , psychology , public relations , public economics , medicine , pedagogy , economics , environmental health , computer science , psychiatry , law , programming language
The purpose of this article is to review literature related to the impact of policy and legislation on M aori children with special needs. The historical perceptions of disability for M aori will be discussed and the impacts of western influences and policy will be reviewed. The article investigates relevant studies and literature, both national and international, previously carried out in these areas and other corresponding areas of research. It synthesises the main points relating to this review, enabling the reader to gain an awareness of a set of special needs and disability issues as they relate to a specific N ew Z ealand population. These include concepts of disability, M aori and disability issues and special needs education and support provisions for M aori.