Tales from School: Learning Disability and State Education after Administrative Reform

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Understandings for Today....Pages 5-8
Legitimating Exclusion....Pages 9-26
Parents, Professionals and Schooling....Pages 27-43
Special Education and the Changing Role of the State 1984–1989....Pages 45-64
Thinking about Our Children....Pages 65-67
Reforming Special Education at the Local School....Pages 69-81
Section 10 Appeals: A Safety Net or a Holey Promise?....Pages 83-90
The Problematics of Inclusive Education in New Zealand Today....Pages 91-108
Limiting the Definition and the Discourse....Pages 109-118
Parent Struggles with Education and the School System....Pages 119-121
Is Anyone Listening?....Pages 123-132
Parent-School Relationships and the Exclusion of Disabled Students from and within School....Pages 133-147
Parents of Disabled Children Talk about their Experiences of Partnership After Special Education 2000....Pages 149-163
How ‘Specialese’ Maintains Dual Education Systems in Aotearoa, New Zealand....Pages 165-179
Pushing the Stone Up the Hill....Pages 181-193
Resisting Neoliberalism....Pages 195-198
Relational and Culturally Responsive Indigenous Approach to Belonging and Inclusion....Pages 199-211
Flying Under the Radar....Pages 213-225
Tales from the Market....Pages 227-237
Questions of Value(S)....Pages 239-254
Inclusion, Disability and Culture....Pages 255-270
The Struggle for Inclusion in Aotearoa....Pages 271-282
Back Matter....Pages 283-291