From Here to There and Back Again: The Story of a Mother, Her Son, Disability, and School Choice

Autor/in	Mann, Glenys
Titel	From Here to There and Back Again: The Story of a Mother, Her Son, Disability, and School Choice
Quelle	In: International Journal of Inclusive Education, 20 (2016) 9, S.909-920 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3116
DOI	10.1080/13603116.2015.1122842
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Mothers; Disabilities; Inclusion; Mainstreaming; Educational Policy; Parent Role; Special Schools; Personal Narratives; Young Children; School Choice; Parent School Relationship; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Mother; Mutter; Handicap; Behinderung; Inklusion; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Parental role; Elternrolle; Special school; Sonderschule; Erlebniserzählung; Frühe Kindheit; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Australien
Abstract	Nelly and her children live in Queensland, Australia. When it came time for her second youngest son to start school, Nelly was not prepared for the difficulty that she had enrolling him at the school of her choice. In spite of her son's disability, Nelly thought that it was natural that he would go to his local school with his sister. It is not surprising that she expected this, given the legal and policy endorsement of inclusive education that exists in the Queensland education system. What unfolded in Nelly's life as she pursued this enrolment is the subject of this article. This is the story of a mother who believed in and hoped for inclusive schooling for her son but who found herself caught in a series of events and experiences which ultimately led to the decision to transfer him into a special school. This is also the story of how, disillusioned and regretful, she went on to undo that decision. Told primarily in Nelly's own words, this narrative provides a deep insight into one mother's efforts to exercise her parental authority, the difficulties she encountered in trying to do so, and the consequences for her son. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01