Inclusion, Disability and Culture

1. Disability and Inclusion: Current Challenges; Santoshi Halder, Lori Assaf and Mary Keeffe. Section 1: Deconstructing Disability Identities.- 2. Disability, Culture, and Identity in India and USA; Christopher J. Johnstone, Sandhya Limaye and Misa Kayama.- 3. Disability: A Result of Cultural Ostracism; Samidha Sikha.- 4. Perseverance Pays: From Impairment to Disability; Satendra Singh.- 5. "Not everybody can take trips like this": A Paralympian's Perspective on Educating about Disability Around the world; Anjali J. Forber-Pratt.- 6. When Gucci Make Hearing Aids, I'll Be Deaf: Sensory Impairment in Later Life and a Need to Define it According to  Identity; Simon Hayhoe.- 7. Looking Back Over My Shoulder: Through The Disability's Mirror; Bernardo Carlos de Oliveira.- 8. When Stigma Resonates Inside - How A Misleading Perspective on Impairment Interferes in the Way People with Disabilities Perceive Themselves; Flavia Mayer.- 9. There Is No "Dis" In Our Abilities: Acknowledging the Experience of the Differently-Abled Community; Caroline Muster.- Section 2: Exploring the Complexities of Communication with Differently Abled Persons.- 10. Communication with Persons with Disabilities vs. Communication with Differently Abled Persons; Ivana Bilic.- 11. Empathic Communication: Bridging Differences in a Global Context; Erna Alant, Beth Lewis Samuelson and Lindsey Ogle.- 12. Severe Communication Disabilities in South Africa: Challenges and Enablers; Shakila Dada, Harsha Kathard, Kerstin Tönsing and Michal Harty.- 13. Enriched Audio Description: Working towards an inclusive museum Experience; Alison F. Eardley, Louise Fryer, Rachel Hutchinson, Matthew Cock, Peter Ride and Joselia Neves.- Section 3: Inclusive Policies, Practices and Interventions.- 14. Inclusive Practices in Mainstream Schools: An Australian Perspective;