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This book will introduce the reader to international perspectives associated with post-secondary school education for students with intellectual disability attending university settings. Examples of students with intellectual disability gaining their right to full inclusion within university settings are outlined, as well as the barriers and facilitators of such innovation. The four parts of the text will act as a reader for all stakeholders of inclusion at the university level. The first part examines the philosophical, theoretical and rights-based framework of inclusion. The second part provides evidence and insight into eight programs from across the globe, where students with intellectual disability are included within university settings. The third part consists of six chapters associated with the lived experiences of stakeholders in the programs profiled in Part 2. These stories are represented through the voices of former students of inclusive tertiary education initiatives, parents of adult children with intellectual disability who have participated in tertiary education, and lecturers who have taught students with intellectual disability as members of their courses. In the fourth part, critical issues are examined, including the role of secondary school counsellors, sustaining post university outcomes, transition from university to employment, inclusive university teaching approaches, and decision-making approaches to successfully implement a tertiary education initiative. The text concludes with a synthesis of the book themes and proposes calls to action with specific tasks to move the rhetoric of human rights into reality for adults with intellectual disability through an inclusive tertiary education.

Table Of Content:
Foreword (Lani Florian)

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Purpose of the Book (Patricia O’Brien, Michelle L. Bonati,Friederike Gadow and Roger Slee)

Part 1: Philosophical, Theoretical and Rights Based Framework of Inclusion
Ch 1. From Institutionalisation to Inclusion (Patricia O’Brien, Michelle L. Bonati)
Ch 2. Widening Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Intellectual Disabilities: An Overview of Program Issues and Policy Implications (Barrie O’Connor, Deborah Espiner, Molly O’Keeffe
Ch 3. Setting the Scene for People with Disability to Experience University Life (Roger Slee)

Part 2: Evidence-Based Outcomes Arising from Inclusive University Programs across International Boundaries
Ch 4. 30 Years of Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Scope, Challenges and Outcomes (E. Anne Hughson, Bruce Uditsky)
Ch 5. Inclusive Higher Education for People with Intellectual Disability in the United States: An Overview of Policy, Practice, and Outcomes (Meg Grigal, Debra Hart, Clare Papay)
Ch 6. Developing an Inclusive Model of Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disability: Challenges and Outcomes (Anthony J. Plotner, Kathleen J. Marshall, Chelsea Vanhorn Stinnett, Kimberly Teasley)
Ch 7. Meaningful Participation and Shared Ownership in an Inclusive University Program in Iceland (Guđrún V. Stefánsdóttir, Kristín Björnsdóttir)
Ch 8. Scope, Challenges and Outcomes of an Inclusive Tertiary University Initiative in Australia (Friederike Gadow, Jemima Macdonald)
Ch 9. Developing Post-Secondary Education Programmes for People with Intellectual Disablities at Trinity College, the University of Dublin, Ireland (John Kubiak, Natasha Spassiani, Michael Shevlin, Molly O’Keeffe)
Ch 10. Journey “Up the Hill” Through Inclusive Higher Education for People with Intellectual Disability at a South Australian University: Scope, Challenges and Outcomes to Date and into the Future (Fiona Rillotta, Lorraine Lindsay, Parimala Raghavendra)

Part 3: The Lived Experience of Being and Becoming a University Student
Ch 11. Journey “Up the Hill” to my Hopes and Dreams (Kerri-Ann Messenger, Lorraine Lindsay, Fiona Rillotta)
Ch 12. My Life as a University Student (Stephanie Walker, Jemima Macdonald)
Ch 13. Expanding Pathways to University: Student Experience of Inclusive Programming (Lumene Montissol, Amy L. Cook)
Ch 14. My Name is Margaret and This is My Story (Margaret Turley)
Ch 15. A Conversation with Families of Young People with Intellectual Disability for Whom the Dream of Attending University Came True (Patricia O’Brien, Ray Murray)
Ch 16. Lecturers’ Perspectives on Being Involved in Teaching Students with Intellectual Disability Participating in University Courses (Michelle L. Bonati, Bruce Chapman, Josh Stenberg, Lorraine Towers, Thea Werkhoven)

Part 4: Critical Issues Associated with the Further Development of Post Secondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disability
Ch 17. What Comes Next? Sustaining Outcomes Post-University (Niamh Lally, Patricia O’Brien, Robert Gilligan)
Ch 18. Counsellor Roles in Postsecondary Transition from School to University (Amy L. Cook, Laura A. Hayden, Felicia L. Wilczenski)
Ch 19. Inclusive Tertiary Education through Universal Design for Learning and Service-Learning (Michelle L. Bonati)
Ch 20. Transition from University to Employment (Vivienne Riches, Friederike Gadow, Jemima Macdonald)
Ch 21. Exploring the Growing Edges of Inclusion (John O’Brien)
Ch 22. Moving from Rhetoric to Reality: Inclusive Tertiary Education for Adults with Intellectual Disability (Patricia O’Brien, Michelle L. Bonati, Friederike Gadow, Roger Slee)