Implementation of Educational Provision for Children with Severe to Profound Intellectual Disability in the Western Cape : From Rights to Reality

McKenzie, Judith A.

Implementation of Educational Provision for Children with Severe to Profound Intellectual Disability in the Western Cape : From Rights to Reality - International Journal of Disability Development and Education 64 (6) November 2017: 596-611 1034-912X Print 1465-346X .

Children with severe to profound intellectual disability have been excluded from education on the basis that their impairment makes them 'ineducable'. The Western Cape Forum for Intellectual Disability challenged this notion through litigation against the South African Government. The ensuing judgement asserts the right to education of these children and outlines action steps for government to this end.


SEVERE PROFOUND AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES
CHILDREN
EDUCATION
INCLUSION
SOUTH AFRICA

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