People with Intellectual Disability Experiencing University Life

Patricia O’Brien, Ph.D., University of Queensland, is Professor of Disability Studies and Director, Centre for Disability Studies (CDS) affiliated with The University of Sydney. At CDS Patricia promotes research that is inclusive of people with intellectual disabilities as co-researchers.Michelle L Bonati, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, is an Assistant Professor in Teacher Education at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Plattsburgh and an Honorary Associate in Special and Inclusive Education in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney. She is also an Associate of the Disability Research and Policy Centre in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney.Friederike Gadow is the Co-Leader of Education & Training and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Disability Studies, Affiliate of the Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney. Friederike is working on a PhD thesis which examines social support for people with intellectual disability who live in a home of their choice.Roger Slee holds the Crossing the Horizon Chair in Education at the University of South Australia. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Disability Studies in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at The University of Leeds. He is the Founding Editor of The International Journal of Inclusive Education (Taylor & Francis) and The Journal of Disability Studies in Education (Brill). He formerly held the Chair of Inclusive Education at The Institute of Education – UCL and was Deputy Director-General of the Queensland Ministry of Education.

• ForewordLani FlorianAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsPurpose of the BookPatricia O’Brien, Michelle L. Bonati, Friederike Gadow and Roger SleePart 1: Philosophical, Theoretical and Rights Based Framework of Inclusion1. From Institutionalisation to InclusionPatricia O’Brien and Michelle L. Bonati2. Widening Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Intellectual Disabilities: An Overview of Program Issues and Policy ImplicationsBarrie O’Connor, Deborah Espiner and Molly O’Keeffe3. Setting the Scene for People with Disability to Experience University LifeRoger SleePart 2: Evidence-Based Outcomes Arising from Inclusive University Programs across International Boundaries4. 30 Years of Inclusive Post-Secondary Education: Scope, Challenges and OutcomesE. Anne Hughson and Bruce Uditsky5. Inclusive Higher Education for People with Intellectual Disability in the United States: An Overview of Policy, Practice, and OutcomesMeg Grigal, Debra Hart and Clare Papay6. Developing an Inclusive Model of Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disability: Challenges and OutcomesAnthony J. Plotner, Kathleen J. Marshall, Chelsea Vanhorn Stinnett and Kimberly Teasley7. Meaningful Participation and Shared Ownership in an Inclusive University Program in IcelandGuðrún V. Stefánsdóttir and Kristín Björnsdóttir8. Scope, Challenges and Outcomes of an Inclusive Tertiary University Initiative in AustraliaFriederike Gadow and Jemima MacDonald9. Developing Post-Secondary Education Programmes for People with Intellectual Disablities at Trinity College, the University of Dublin, IrelandJohn Kubiak, Natasha Spassiani, Michael Shevlin and Molly O’Keeffe10. 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 FutureFiona Rillotta, Lorraine Lindsay and Parimala RaghavendraPart 3: The Lived Experience of Being and Becoming a University Student11. Journey "Up the Hill" to My Hopes and DreamsKerri-ann Messenger, Lorraine Lindsay and Fiona Rillotta12. My Life as a University StudentStephanie Walker and Jemima MacDonald13. Expanding Pathways to University: Student Experience of Inclusive ProgrammingLumene Montissol and Amy L. Cook14. My Name Is Margaret and This Is My StoryMargaret Turley15. A Conversation with Families of Young People with Intellectual Disability for Whom the Dream of Attending University Came TruePatricia O’Brien and Ray Murray16. Lecturers’ Perspectives on Being Involved in Teaching Students with Intellectual Disability Participating in University CoursesMichelle L. Bonati, Bruce Chapman, Josh Stenberg, Lorraine Towers and Thea WerkhovenPart 4: Critical Issues Associated with the Further Development of Post Secondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disability17. What Comes Next? Sustaining Outcomes Post-UniversityNiamh Lally, Patricia O’Brien and Robert Gilligan18. Counsellor Roles in Postsecondary Transition from School to UniversityAmy L. Cook, Laura A. Hayden and Felicia L. Wilczenski19. Inclusive Tertiary Education through Universal Design for Learning and Service-LearningMichelle L. Bonati20. Transition from University to EmploymentVivienne Riches, Friederike Gadow and Jemima MacDonald21. Exploring the Growing Edges of InclusionJohn O’Brien22. Moving from Rhetoric to Reality: Inclusive Tertiary Education for Adults with Intellectual DisabilityPatricia O’Brien, Michelle L. Bonati, Friederike Gadow and Roger SleeIndex