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Challenges for Inclusion within a Quality of Life Model for the 21st Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Roy I Brown  and
Jo Shearer
Roy I Brown*
Affiliation:
School of Special Education and Disability Studies, Flinders University
Jo Shearer
Affiliation:
School of Special Education and Disability Studies, Flinders University
*
Address for: School of Special Education and Disability Studies, GPO Box 2100, Flinders University, Adelaide SA, 5001.
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Abstract

Quality of life is now well developed in the disability literature yet there are few studies that relate to children. In this paper the implications of quality of life models for the field of inclusion are discussed. Quality of life is seen as an attribute of well being and the principles relevant to this are outlined. Inclusion is not seen simply as an educational process, for the authors argue that educational inclusion can only be effective when it is set within proactive community and family behaviour which is also inclusive. Together these concepts give rise to broad educational criteria and it is the discussion of these which forms the central focus of this paper. Implications for family and community as well as the education system including professional education are also discussed.

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Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , 1999 , pp. 180 - 194
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Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1999

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