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Wehmeyer, Michael L.. Ed.; Brown, Ivan, Ed.; Percy, Maire, Ed.; Fung, W. L. Alan, Ed.; Shogren, Karrie A., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2017
The trusted core disability textbook gets a comprehensive update in this second edition, now thoroughly revised to include all the critical topics today's professionals need to know about as they work with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. Brought to you by a new team of world-renowned experts and contributors, this…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Student Development, Etiology
McMaster, Christopher, Ed.; Whitburn, Benjamin, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2019
"Disability and the University: A Disabled Students' Manifesto" is a guide to what students with disabilities need to know about attending university, as well as to the essentials universities should provide for these students. Each chapter presents a benchmark for students to follow as they travel through the institution, and lays clear…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, College Students, Student Needs, Educational Change
Russo, Charles J., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
Since 1948 when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all students have been declared the right to education. The rights of disabled students have not been explicitly addressed, however, and each country has developed their own rules and regulations. Although similarities exist among the different countries,…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Disabilities, Student Rights, Legal Responsibility
World Bank, 2018
Every year, the World Bank's World Development Report (WDR) features a topic of central importance to global development. The 2018 WDR--"Learning to Realize Education's Promise"--is the first ever devoted entirely to education. And the time is right: education has long been critical to human welfare, but it is even more so in a time of…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Educational Policy, Freedom, Access to Education
Fitch, Brian D., Ed.; Normore, Anthony H., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
Education-Based Incarceration and Recidivism: The Ultimate Social Justice Crime Fighting Tool takes a penetrating look at the needs and challenges of society's disenfranchised jail populations. It is incumbent to encourage public awareness of the causes that underlie the destructive cycles plaguing these populations, including the abuse and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Needs, Recidivism, Institutionalized Persons