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Rupturing Concepts of Disability and Inclusion

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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

FOREWORD ......................................................................................................... xiii<br />

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.....................................................................................xv<br />

PROLOGUE: The Quilter’s Journal..................................................................... xvii<br />

PART ONE: OPENING THE ‘SCRAPBAG’: EXPLORING ‘INCLUSION’<br />

IN SOCIO-ETHICAL FABRICS...............................................................................1<br />

CHAPTER ONE: Introduction ..................................................................................1<br />

1.1 <strong>Inclusion</strong> as a Concept.....................................................................................1<br />

1.2 An Exploration ................................................................................................5<br />

1.3 The Research Focus, Objectives, <strong>and</strong> Question ............................................10<br />

1.4 Summary........................................................................................................11<br />

CHAPTER TWO: Conceiving a Quilt: Creating a Method ....................................13<br />

2.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................13<br />

2.2 The Relevance <strong>of</strong> a Judeo-Christian Context................................................14<br />

2.2.1 Biblical Underst<strong>and</strong>ings <strong>of</strong> <strong>Disability</strong> ..................................................14<br />

2.2.2 The Christian Church as a Service Respondent....................................19<br />

2.3 Intersections Between Judeo-Christian <strong>and</strong> Western Philosophical<br />

Influences.......................................................................................................20<br />

2.4 Different Aspects <strong>of</strong> <strong>Inclusion</strong> ......................................................................22<br />

2.5 Setting a Methodology ..................................................................................23<br />

2.5.1 Exploring a Methodological Process....................................................23<br />

2.5.2 Creating a Methodological Metaphor...................................................28<br />

2.5.3 Applying the Metaphor.........................................................................29<br />

2.5.4 Constructing a ‘Research Quilt’ ...........................................................35<br />

2.6 Summary........................................................................................................35<br />

PART TWO: CONFIGURING THE WEAVE OF THE FRAGMENTS<br />

OF INCLUSION ......................................................................................................37<br />

CHAPTER THREE: Threads <strong>of</strong> Configuration 1: The Warps<br />

<strong>of</strong> Underst<strong>and</strong>ings <strong>of</strong> <strong>Disability</strong>: Theories, Definitions, Assumptions<br />

<strong>and</strong> Descriptions.......................................................................................................39<br />

3.1 Exploring Terminologies...............................................................................39<br />

3.2 Seeking a Definition <strong>of</strong> ‘<strong>Disability</strong>’ ..............................................................40<br />

3.3 Perspectives <strong>of</strong> <strong>Disability</strong>..............................................................................42<br />

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