Demonstrates that moves to inclusion have come from many directions: research; the imperative for social justice; calls for civil rights; legislation that prohibits discrimination; and the voices of those who have been through special education. This book is useful for students on a range of courses in inclusive education.

It is essential reading for students on a range of courses in inclusive education and special educational needs, and for anyone wishing to understand the development of inclusive education, including teachers, headteachers, educational psychologists, and parents.

CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: The context -- rights, participation, social justice
1 Thomas Paine: The rights of man 2 R.H. Tawney: Equality 3 John Rawls: A theory of justice 4 Martin Luther King -- 'I have a dream' 5 Roaf and Bines: Needs, rights and opportunities 6 Sharon Rustemier: Social justice 7 David Hevey -- images of difference
PART II: Arguments and evidence against segregation -- 1960s to today
8 Goffman: Asylums 9 Dunn: Special Education -- Is Much of it Justifiable? 10 Christoplos &
Renz: A critical examination of special education programs 11 Weatherley &
Lipsky: Street level bureaucrats 12 Leyden: Psychologists and segregation 13 Swann: Psychologists and special education 14 Booth: Integration and participation in comprehensive schools 15 Tomlinson: A Sociology of special education 16 Hegarty et al: Educating Pupils with Special Needs in the Ordinary School 17 ILEA: Educational Opportunities for All (The Fish Report) 18 Biklen: Achieving the Complete School 19 Dessent: Making the Ordinary School Special 20 Anderson &
Pellicer: Synthesis of Research on Compensatory and Remedial Education 21 O'Brien &
Forest: Action for Inclusion 22 Carson: normalisation and portrayal of disabled people 23 Hegarty: Reviewing the literature on integration 24 Hehir: Changing the Way We Think About Kids with Disabilities 25 Thomas and Loxley: Medical models and metaphors 26 Arguments against segregated schooling: CSIE 27 Oliver: Does Special Education Have a Role in the Twenty-First Century? PART III: Legislation, reports, statements
28 Public Law 94-142 29 Warnock Report 30 Education Acts 1944-2001 31 European Convention on Human Rights 32 UNESCO's Salamanca Statement 33 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 34 UNESCO: Inclusive Education on the Agenda 35 The Green Paper 36 IPPR: Alternative White Paper 37 British Psychological Society: Inclusive education position paper 38 The Inclusion Charter 39 Wertheimer: International perspectives -- a framework for change PART IV: Inclusion in action
40 Ontario 41 Mainstreaming in Massachusetts 42 Rieser and Mason: Disability equality in the classroom 43 Kirsty Arrondelle -- Early integration 44 Jupp: Everyone Belongs 45 Bishopswood School: good practice transferred 46 CSIE: Developing an inclusive policy for your school 47 Newham: Human Rights and School Change 48 Inclusion across America 49 Walker: The Making of the Inclusive School 50 Harris: a seven year sentence 51 The Index for Inclusion Conclusion References