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Distinguishing Disability
Colin Ong-Dean
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Description for Distinguishing Disability
Paperback. Presents an analysis of special education enrollment that has created fresh kinds of inequality. This book argues that this inequity in treatment is directly linked to the disparity in resources possessed by the students' parents. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFSC; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Students in special education programs can have widely divergent experiences. For some, special education amounts to a dumping ground where schools unload problem students, while for others, it provides access to services and accommodations that drastically improve chances of succeeding in school and beyond. "Distinguishing Disability" argues that this inequity in treatment is directly linked to the disparity in resources possessed by the students' parents. Since the mid-1970s, federal law has empowered parents of public school children to intervene in virtually every aspect of the decision making involved in special education. However, Colin Ong-Dean reveals that this power is generally ... Read more
Students in special education programs can have widely divergent experiences. For some, special education amounts to a dumping ground where schools unload problem students, while for others, it provides access to services and accommodations that drastically improve chances of succeeding in school and beyond. "Distinguishing Disability" argues that this inequity in treatment is directly linked to the disparity in resources possessed by the students' parents. Since the mid-1970s, federal law has empowered parents of public school children to intervene in virtually every aspect of the decision making involved in special education. However, Colin Ong-Dean reveals that this power is generally ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226630014
SKU
V9780226630014
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About Colin Ong-Dean
Colin Ong-Dean is assistant project scientist in the Department of Education Studies at the University of California, San Diego.
Reviews for Distinguishing Disability
"This is a timely book on the important issue of the role of social class differences in how parents cope with a special education diagnosis." - Annette Lareau, University of Pennsylvania"