Author's School

Brown School

Author's Department

Social Work

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

6-27-2011

Originally Published In

Trani J. F., Kett, M., Bakhshi, P., & Bailey, N.(2011). Disability, vulnerability and citizenship: To what extent is education a protective mechanism for children with disabilities in countries affected by conflict?International Journal of Inclusive Education, 15(10): 1187-1203.

Abstract

Humanitarian crises as a result of conflict are often characterised by failure of the social contract between the state and its citizens. For a variety of reasons, children with disabilities are often particularly vulnerable in time of humanitarian crisis. This paper draws on research undertaken by the authors in a series of countries affected by conflict, and looks at how the politics and policies of such countries, and the humanitarian and development agencies working in them, continue to exclude children with disabilities from formal and informal education structures. It will be argued that this exclusion not only impedes progress on inclusive education, but has wider implications as education programmes are often the conduit through which a number of additional child protection mechanisms are implemented. Children with disabilities who are not in the formal education system are therefore at risk not only of missing out on education opportunities, but are also excluded from critical child survival initiatives, thus increasing their vulnerability.

Comments

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor& Francis in International Journal of Inclusive Education on 06/27/2011, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13603116.2011.555078 Published while author was at Leonard Cheshire Disability & Inclusive Development Center, University College London.

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