Young disabled people : aspirations, choices and constraints /
By: Shah, Sonali.
Series: Monitoring change in education.Publisher: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008Description: 124 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780754674221 (alk. paper); 9780754674221:; 0754674223 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Young adults with disabilities -- Employment -- Great Britain | Youth with disabilities -- Employment -- Great Britain | Youth with disabilities -- Education -- Great Britain | Young adults with disabilities -- Education -- Great Britain | Vocational rehabilitation -- Great BritainDDC classification: 331.34087Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 331.34087 SHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0074526 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [103]-120) and index.
Introduction, background and policy -- Career developments and choices of young people -- Young people's aspirations : what are they and why? -- Choices and opportunities in mainstream and special education -- How families shape the choices of young disabled people -- Conclusion : discussion and young people's ideas for change.
This important book examines the career-related decisions and aspirations of young disabled people and explores the practices, policies and social structures that determine the extent to which they will achieve their goals.