Disability and School in France
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education, integration, France
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Historically in France, the education of children with disabilities has been characterized by isolation from other schoolchildren, within an adapted framework. Today, policies of integration reject segregation by welcoming “different” children into ordinary classrooms. After describing the major shifts in the education of children with disabilities, this article describes the social implications and stakes of integration.
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Joel Zaffran, Sociologist in the Sociology Department, University of Bordeaux
Joel Zaffran, Ph.D., is a sociologist in the Sociology Department at the University of Bordeaux 2 in France. Some of his research is devoted to the education of children with disabilities.