EditorsAnn Lewis is Professor of Special Education and Educational Psychology at the University of Birmingham. Her publications include Researching Children’s Perspectives (Open University Press 2000), Children’s Understanding of Disability (1995), Working with Children with Special Needs in the Primary School (2005). Brahm Norwich is Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Educational Needs at the University of Exeter. His publications include Psychology and Education in Interaction:working with uncertainty in connected fields (2000), and Moderate Learning Difficulties and the Future of Inclusion.(2004)ContributorsPaul Cooper, Professor of Education, Centre for Innovation in Raising Educational Achievement, University of Leicester, UKGraeme Douglas, Research Fellow, School of Education, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKAlan Dyson, Professor of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Manchester, UKFelicity Fletcher-Cambell, Principal Research Officer, Department of Professional and Curriculum Studies, NFER, UK. UK National Co-ordinator, European Agency for Development in Special Needs EducationSusan Gregory, Consultant, previously Senior Lecturer in Hearing Impairment, School of Education, University of Birmingham, UKLiz Hodges, Lecturer, School of Education, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKRita Jordan is Reader in Autism Studies, School of Education, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKAnn Lewis, Professor in Autism Studies, School of Education, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKDeirdre Martin, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKMike McLinden, Lecturer, School of Education, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKOlga Miller, Course Leader, Disabilities of Sight, Institute of Education, University of London, London, UKBrahm Norwich, Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Educational Needs, School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Exeter, Exeter, UKTim O’Brien, Consultant in the area of EBD, UKJill Porter, School of Education, University of Birmingham, Birmingham UKDr Madeleine Portwood, Senior Educational Psychologist, Durham LEA, Dyspraxia Foundation Trustee, Chair of the Education Committee, UKDr Gavin Reid, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKDr Jean Ware, Director of Special Education, St Patrick's College, Dublin, Ireland Jennifer Wishart, Professor of Special Education, Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK