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This paper outlines concerns for inclusive classrooms involving personal digital image modifications and selections, as well as avatar configurations. Classroom interactions incorporate various dimensions of personal appearance; however, educators try to make them primarily about knowledge and wisdom. Students in environments where they can interact with each other face-to-face are constantly immersed in issues involving […]
…Background: Although social exclusion among typically developing school-aged children has been well explored, it is under-researched for children with disabilities even though they are at a higher risk for being excluded. While there are a number of different programs available to improve social inclusion at school, the appeal of these programs to children remains unknown. […]
…The article reports on a letter from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) urging school districts to reevaluate their processes for identifying students that should receive special disability services under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Particular focus is given to accommodations provided […]
…A possible interaction among the characteristics of disability, race, gender, and age was examined with respect to formal allegations of disability harassment. Using data from the National Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Research Project, the authors examined whether there was an interaction among disability, gender, age, race, and employer characteristics […]
…Children with developmental disabilities are at an increased risk for involvement in bullying, and children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) may be at particular risk because of challenges with social skills and difficulty maintaining friendships, yet there has been little empirical research on involvement in bullying among children with ASD. The current study presents findings […]
…BACKGROUND This study fills a gap in the literature by examining how school staff members view bullying and sexual harassment and their role in preventing both. Given recent legislation, increasingly more attention is paid to bully prevention; however, student-on-student sexual harassment is less addressed. METHODS Four focus groups were conducted with 32 staff members from […]
…Research demonstrates that students with disabilities are harassed more than their nondisabled peers. Students with disabilities who have been severely harassed have argued that they are not receiving a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) as required by Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). A school district’s failure to respond […]
…In this article, I extend the growing literature on education spaces by examining disabled young people’s possibilities for sociality in mainstream and specialist high schools in the UK, focusing on visually impaired (VI) young people’s narratives of bullying, friendship and their complex relationships with carers and support workers. By using stories from both mainstream and […]
…An introduction to articles published within the issue is presented, including one which examines the prevalence ad risk of child maltreatment among children with disabilities, another article which provides evidence that adults with intellectual disablities/developmental disabilities (ID/DD) are more prone to social victimization, and one article on the prevalence and severity of bullying of adolescents […]
…The mythology of the “norm” has direct repercussions for schools, and its ideological reinforcement is the primary cause of bullying today. Though it is difficult to pinpoint an origin for “the norm,” the medical model and its systemic structural power is one powerful institution that perpetuates this mythology. The medical model has a biological orientation […]
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