Autism (eBook, ePUB)

Perspectives from Africa (Volume I)
Redaktion: Clasquin-Johnson, Mary; Clasquin-Johnson, Michel; Mahlo, Dikeledi

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is written at a time of a paradigm shift in the African continent where dependence on western epistemologies and ontologies are giving way to African indigenous knowledge systems. Africa has been an importer of knowledge from the west since time immemorial and this book contributes to the body of knowledge on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from the African perspective. As a result, decoloniality and Inclusive Education have gained traction within the academic discourse, with University of South Africa (UNISA) hosting decoloniality annual conference and a summer school to stimulate academic discussions and debates with a focus on African indigenous knowledge systems and theoretical lenses as opposed to the western epistemologies.

The book also demystifies some of the misconceptions that children with ASD are a curse and punishment from God or gods. Among others, Ubuntu seems to be the dominant theoretical framework underpinning some of the research studies reported in this book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000838206
• Artikelnr.: 66994461

Autorenporträt

Mary G Clasquin-Johnson (ORCID: 0000-0002-0750-6579) is a senior lecturer in the Department of Inclusive Education at the University of South Africa, and the grant holder of the Women in Research grant from which this volume originates. Dikeledi Mahlo (ORCID: 0000-0002-1793-4382) chairs the Department of Inclusive Education at the University of South Africa. Michel Clasquin-Johnson (ORCID: 0000-0003-2780-9718) is a professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Arabic at the University of South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: An Afrocentric perspective on Inclusive Education and Ubuntu
Chapter 2: Framing Autism Chapter 3: Early Identification and Curriculum
Differentiation for Learners with Autism Chapter 4: Religion and Autism:
Integrating the Person with Autism into a Community Chapter 5: Voices and
Views of Senior Students with ASD Chapter 6: Learners with ASD in a Rural
Context Chapter 7: Technology Opening New Worlds for those with Autism - an
Overview Chapter 8: Partnerships for Autism in the Zimbabwean Inclusive
Education System Chapter 9: Parents and community partnerships in educating
children with ASD as an Inclusive Education strategy Chapter 10: ASD:
Adolescents and Sexual Experiences in Rural Mpumalanga Chapter 11:
Classroom Assessment of Learners with Autism - Implications for Educators
Chapter 12: Autism and inclusion Chapter 13: Autism and the Law A
Preliminary Conclusion: Trends in ASD Research in South(ern) Africa
Appendix: Autism-related organisations in South Africa