Preface

Introduction

SECTION ONE:

Philosophical, Legal and Historical Overview

Chapter 1:

Changing Special Education Practice:
Law, Advocacy and Innovation
Gordon L. Porter and Diane Richler

Chapter 2:

Inclusive Education as Social Policy
Diane Richler

Chapter 3:

Education:
A System of Social Disempowerment
Marcia H. Rioux

Chapter 4:

Access to Equality in Education:
The Power of Parents
S. Dulcie McCaIlum

SECTION TWO:

Parent and Self-Advocacy

Chapter 5:

Principles of Change:
A Parent’s Perspective on the Education System
David Jory

Chapter 6:

The Road to Inclusion:
One Family’s Story
Alene Steinbeck

Chapter 7:

A Will to Learn:
The Experiences of a Self-Advocate in the Education System
Marcia Marcaccio