Down's syndrome and education : how access to schools affect membership in society

Special needs individuals face different kinds of struggles in their everyday lives. The impact education system has on Down’s Syndrome individuals is an area that has not yet been studied. The institution of education is a crucial site to understand how it affects their quality of life. Based on in...

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Main Author: Lim, Khairul Anwar Abdul Hadi
Other Authors: Premchand Dommaraju
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Published: 2015
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-624032019-12-10T12:32:05Z Down's syndrome and education : how access to schools affect membership in society Lim, Khairul Anwar Abdul Hadi Premchand Dommaraju School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology Special needs individuals face different kinds of struggles in their everyday lives. The impact education system has on Down’s Syndrome individuals is an area that has not yet been studied. The institution of education is a crucial site to understand how it affects their quality of life. Based on in-depth interviews and some ethnographic work with parents and teachers, this paper finds that because of the interplay between impairment and society, the more resources a Down’s Syndrome individual receives from parents and schools, the higher the likelihood that he or she will be accepted into employment and gain membership in capitalistic societies with neoliberal economies. Finally, through the research process, this paper finds recommendations, the most imminent being investing on state welfare for its own citizens – special needs individuals. Bachelor of Arts 2015-04-01T06:56:35Z 2015-04-01T06:56:35Z 2015 2015 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62403 en Nanyang Technological University 35 p. application/pdf
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Down's syndrome and education : how access to schools affect membership in society
description Special needs individuals face different kinds of struggles in their everyday lives. The impact education system has on Down’s Syndrome individuals is an area that has not yet been studied. The institution of education is a crucial site to understand how it affects their quality of life. Based on in-depth interviews and some ethnographic work with parents and teachers, this paper finds that because of the interplay between impairment and society, the more resources a Down’s Syndrome individual receives from parents and schools, the higher the likelihood that he or she will be accepted into employment and gain membership in capitalistic societies with neoliberal economies. Finally, through the research process, this paper finds recommendations, the most imminent being investing on state welfare for its own citizens – special needs individuals.
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