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‘I Need Help on Mondays, It’s Not My Day. The Other Days, I’m OK’.—Perspectives of Disabled Children on Inclusive Education
Author(s) -
De Schauwer Elisabeth,
Van Hove Geert,
Mortier Kathleen,
Loots Gerrit
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2008.00159.x
Subject(s) - mainstream , perspective (graphical) , context (archaeology) , pedagogy , sociology , inclusion (mineral) , set (abstract data type) , medical education , psychology , medicine , gender studies , political science , geography , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science , law , programming language
This article examines the experience of inclusive education from the perspective of disabled children. We worked with the observations of, and interviews with, 15 children, aged 5–17 who go to a mainstream school. The study is set in the context of a 3‐year research project exploring the practice of inclusive education in Flanders. Here, we report on the key findings from the children’s accounts, focusing on what they had to say about themselves, what they think about school, friends, support and their future prospects.