Disability Studies and Inclusive Education

Which countries are mentioned as having a growth in disability studies (DS) due to DSE?

• Canada and Australia

• UK and USA

• Germany and France

• India and China

What does the document suggest is a critical forum for social/educational advocacy and activism?

• International Journal of Inclusive Education

• Disability Studies in Education (DSE)

• National College of Education

• University of Canterbury

What does the social model of disability primarily challenge?

• The medical model

• The educational model

• The economic model

• The cultural model

What term did Bogdan & Biklen coin to describe the differential treatment of people based on assumed differences?

• Handicapism

• Ableism

• Social Model

• Resistance Theory

What shift in language regarding disability is mentioned in the text?

• From handicapism to ableism

• From ableism to handicapism

• From social model to medical model

• From resistance theory to social interpretation

What was the defining characteristic of Disability Studies (DS) in both the UK and US?

• Rejection of the medical model

• Emphasis on medical treatment

• Focus on individual impairments

• Adoption of the social model

In what year did the DSE conference officially emerge as an international event?

• 2000

• 2005

• 2007

• 2010

What does the Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action claim about regular schools?

• They should only admit students with special needs

• They are the most effective means of combating discriminatory attitudes

• They should focus on vocational training

• They should exclude children with special needs

What was a major factor that propelled the clarification of what DSE is?

• The emergence of new educational technologies

• The encroaching threat of co-option or appropriation

• The decline in special education research

• The increase in funding for disability studies

What is the primary mission of the Disability Studies in Education SIG?

• To promote understandings of disability from a medical model perspective

• To focus solely on the psychological models of disability

• To promote understandings of disability from a social model perspective

• To eliminate all traditional educational models