Elaborado con IA a partir del resumen de los autores
Colección de nueve números del boletín de TASH (antes The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps) correspondientes a los meses de febrero/marzo de 2000 a diciembre de 2000/enero de 2001. Cada número incluye noticias, columnas del director ejecutivo, reportes de grupos de interés especial, testimonios legislativos e información de conferencias, junto con artículos sobre equidad, calidad y justicia social para personas con discapacidad. Los temas tratados abarcan educación inclusiva, sexualidad de personas con discapacidad, empleo con apoyo, victimización en el sistema de justicia penal, perspectivas internacionales, desarrollo en la primera infancia y destacados de la conferencia anual de TASH 2000.
Puntos clave
La educación inclusiva y la reforma educativa basada en estándares constituyen ejes principales, con artículos sobre colaboración escolar, escuelas integrales y participación de estudiantes con discapacidades significativas.
La sexualidad de personas con discapacidad es abordada desde una perspectiva que supera la negación y la represión, incluyendo reflexiones sobre adolescentes con discapacidades del desarrollo y mitos sobre autismo y discapacidad intelectual.
El empleo con apoyo se examina mediante análisis de tendencias, oportunidades laborales y cambios en los sistemas que lo sustentan para personas con discapacidad del desarrollo.
La victimización de personas con discapacidad intelectual en el sistema de justicia penal, incluyendo violencia contra mujeres con discapacidades del desarrollo, recibe cobertura explícita en diversos artículos.
Perspectivas internacionales e intervenciones tempranas en la infancia complementan la cobertura, con énfasis en autodeterminación, salud familiar y derechos protegidos bajo leyes internacionales.
Para quién: Estudiantes, profesionales y docentes en educación especial, discapacidad e inclusión que requieran información actualizada sobre políticas, prácticas y perspectivas sobre justicia social y equidad para personas con discapacidades significativas.
Resumen de los autores
Nine year 2000 issues of the newsletter of TASH, formerly The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, comprise this document. Each issue typically contains news items, a column by the organization's executive director, reports from special interest groups, legislative testimony, conference information, and several major articles relating to equity, quality and social justice for people with disabilities. The February/March 2000 through December 2000/January 2001 issues address: (1) 1999 TASH conference highlights, including excerpts from keynote addresses by Rich Villa and Kyle Glozier, and Inclusion and Universal Cooperation (Rosangela Berman Bieler); (2) inclusive schooling, with articles such as Including Students with Disabilities in Standards Based Education Reform (Kathy Boundy), Collaboration at Whittier High School (Mary Falvey and others), Whole Schooling: Linking Inclusive Education to School Renewal (Michael Peterson), The Inclusion of a Youth with Significant Disabilities in a Community Environment (Teri Jasman and others), and Reinventing Community in the Age of Globalization (Wayne Sailor); (3) embracing sexuality, which includes articles such as Moving beyond Denial, Suppression and Fear to Embracing the Sexuality of People with Disabilities (Pamela S. Wolfe and Wanda J. Blanchett), But I Thought Sexuality and Teens with Developmental Disabilities (Dave Hingsburger and others), Absence of Evidence: Myths about Autism and Mental Retardation (Anne Donnellan); (4) issues in supported employment, which includes Are We There Yet? Trends in Employment Opportunities and Supports (John Butterworth and Dana Gilmore), The Ticket-to-Work and Supported Employment: How Will It Work? (Dan O'Brien), and "Systems Change and Supported Employment: Is There Empirical Evidence of Change? (David Mank); (5) the victimization of people with developmental disabilities in the criminal justice system, which includes Doing Justice: Criminal Offenders with Developmental Disabilities (Joan Petersilia), Serious Issues Facing Today's Offender with Mental Retardation (Leigh Ann Davis), and Violence against Women with Developmental Disabilities: The Hidden Violence (Catriona Johnson); (6) the agenda and workshop descriptions for the 2000 TASH conference; (7) international perspectives, which includes Providing AAC Systems for Children in a Guatemalan Orphanage: How Do We Help Others in Culturally Responsive Ways? (Janet M. Duncan), Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Protection of Rights under International Law (Mental Disability Rights International), and New Voices in Iceland: Growing Up with a Disability (Dora S. Bjarnason); (8) early childhood, which includes Variables that Contribute to Self-Determination in Early Childhood (Elizabeth J. Erwin and Fredda Brown), What Children and Families Need in Health Care from Birth through Adulthood: One Parents Experiences and Advice (Kris Schoeller), Re-thinking Guardianship (Dohn Hoyle and Kathleen Harris), and Increasing Childrens Learning Opportunities in the Context of Family and Community Life (Carl J. Dunst and Mary Beth Bruder); and (9) highlights from the 2000 TASH conference. (CR)
