Autism : perspectives from Africa. / editors : Mary Clasquin-Johnson, Dikeledi Mahlo, Michel Clasquin-Johnson ; foreword by Professor Jonathan D Jansen.
| Other author | Clasquin-Johnson, Michel. |
| Other author | Clasquin-Johnson, Mary. |
| Other author | Mahlo, Dikeledi. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, in association with the University of South Africa, 2023. |
| Description | xvi, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge/UNISA Press series Routledge/UNISA Press series |
| Contents | 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 |
| Abstract | "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."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Biographical note | 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. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781032430799 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1032430796 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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