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  • Reasonable Adjustment? The intersection between Australian disability discrimination legislation and parental perceptions of curriculum adjustments in Queensland schools

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    Poed, Shiralee
    Keen, Deb
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    Keen, Deb A.
    Poed, Shiralee
    Year published
    2009
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    Abstract
    Despite the enactment of legislation in the area of disability discrimination, continued tensions are experienced between educational authorities and parents. This chapter details a proposed methodological framework for doctoral research, examining the possible source of these tensions: the meaning of the phrase "reasonable adjustments". A forensic linguistic analysis of this phrase is proposed considering how it has been argued in case law and, more recently, by a set of Queensland parents of students with disabilities who have sought legal remedy. A review of previous research in this field, the literature detailing the ...
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    Despite the enactment of legislation in the area of disability discrimination, continued tensions are experienced between educational authorities and parents. This chapter details a proposed methodological framework for doctoral research, examining the possible source of these tensions: the meaning of the phrase "reasonable adjustments". A forensic linguistic analysis of this phrase is proposed considering how it has been argued in case law and, more recently, by a set of Queensland parents of students with disabilities who have sought legal remedy. A review of previous research in this field, the literature detailing the history of educational provisions for Queensland students with disabilities, and the complex nature of the legislation, reveals some of the reasons why the provision of reasonable adjustments is so complex for regular educators in Queensland classrooms. It is proposed an analysis of educational literature and policy as well as a critique of court and tribunal decisions will expose clearer understandings of "reasonable adjustments" to curriculum and how legal and educational interpretations of this phrase align and differ.
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    Book Title
    Educational Planet Shapers: Researching, Hypothesising, Dreaming the Future
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    http://www.postpressed.com.au
    http://books.google.com.au/
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    © The Author(s) 2009. For further information, use hypertext link for access to the publisher's website. or contact the authors. The attached file is reproduced here with permission of the copyright owners for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted.
    Subject
    Special Education and Disability
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/29278
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