Table of Contents

Preface Part I: Disability and Society 1. Why Consider Attitudes Toward Disability? 2. Paradigms of Disability 3. Language, Labels, and Identity Part II: Disability in History 4. Early Attitudes and Their Legacy: A Brief History of Disability 5. Era of Civil Rights & Contemporary Issues Part III: Disability and Education 6. Conceptualizing Disability in Schools 7. Collaborative Practice 8. Disabilities & Initial Approaches for Creating Inclusive Environments Part IV: Curriculum for the Inclusive Classroom 9. Curriculum Planning for Inclusive Teaching 10. Designing Curriculum to Cultivate Least Restrictive Attitudes Recommended Resources for Teachers

About the Author

Susan Baglier (PhD Columbia University) Susan Baglier began her career in teacher education as an instructor for master's level courses and as the coordinator of student teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University during the initial stages of her doctoral study. She has also supervised teacher interns at Hunter College, City University of New York. Most recently, she became the area coordinator for Special Education programs at LIU in addition to continuing her work with public schools and teachers as a field supervisor of novice special educators. She describes her scholarship as interdisciplinary, drawing from Critical Theory, Disability Studies, and Teacher/Adult Education. She has published articles in the Journal of Learning Disabilities and Disability Studies Quarterly, and has presented professional work at many national and international conferences. She has also served as an Assistant Editor for Disability Studies Quarterly. Her primary professional affiliations are the Society for Disability Studies and the American Educational Research Association's special interest group in Disability Studies in Education, through which she served as a conference organizer and reviewer for conference presentation proposals. Arthur Shapiro (PhD, Rutgers University) Professor Shapiro is currently Professor Emeritus at Kean University and an adjunct faculty member at Rutgers University. His book, Everybody Belongs: Changing Negative Attitudes Toward Classmates with Disabilities, published by Garland (Routledge/Falmer) in 1999, received Choice's Outstanding Academic Title Award from the Association of College and Research Librarians, was selected for inclusion in Exceptional Parent Magazine's Library, and was featured in the Network of Educators on the Americas' Teaching for Change catalog. An article he co-authored for The English Journal, "Countering Negative Images of Disability in Classical Literature," has been cited in a brief before the US Supreme Court and won a Media Arts Award, as did his article "Reading, Writing and Thinking About Prejudice: Stereotyped Images of Disability in the Popular Press," which appeared in Social Education. Professor Shapiro has appeared on over thirty television shows in the New York-New Jersey-Philadelphia area and has been interviewed by over thirty-five newspapers, including UPI, to discuss disability awareness. His own TV show on disability issues, Equal Access, appears on Cable Networks throughout New Jersey and has also received a Media Arts Award. Other various awards he's won include the Kean University Presidential Excellence Award for Distinguished Scholarship, the Rutgers University Graduate School of Education Distinguished Service Award, and the Council for Exceptional Children's Daniel Ringelheim Award for Outstanding Contribution to Special Education and Handicapped Children.