Inclusion : Issues and Perspectives (For Teachers, Teachers\' Educators and Parents)

Contents: Preface. I. Policy perspective: 1. Inclusion: looking back and forth/Uma Tuli. 2. Role of RCI in promoting education of children with special needs/S.R. Mittal. 3. Promoting inclusion preventing exclusion/Usha Grover. 4. Teacher preparation for promoting inclusion/Janak Verma. 5. Education for all--existing realities and challenges in Asia/Anupam Ahuja. II. Possibilities and Challenges: 7. Management of support system for special needs in inclusive education/Rita Malhotra. 8. Facilitating inclusive education: the challenges in teacher preparation/Swati Sanyal. 9. A parent\'s journey from exclusion to inclusion: implications for regular schools/Shyama Chona. 10. Inclusion of individuals with specific learning difficulties: contextualization to pedagogical issues and vocationalisation/Renu Malaviya. 11. Employment of the people with disabilities: some reflective suggestions/Ashwani Aggarwal. 12. A profile of Saburi (nee balloons): including the excluded/Rashmi Paliwal. 13. Conclusion/Vandana Saxena. Appendices: i. About Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI). ii. The persons with Disabilities (equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) Act, 1995. iii. Reservation of jobs and other facilities for the disabled persons. iv. The National Trust for Welfare of Persons with autism, cerebral palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999.  [One article is in Hindi].