Disability and Poverty Study
There is a consensus that impairment and disability are both causes and consequences of poverty. Whilst it is argued that this interaction can be broken via inclusive education, many questions remain. This study, using qualitative research methods, investigates local definitions and perceptions of disability and poverty; it examines the present educational arrangements available to poor people with disabilities and explores the meanings they attach to education and schooling. The study also focuses upon differences in participation, learning and social outcomes of education amongst people with disabilities, to establish enabling factors which break the cycle of deprivation facing poor people with disabilities.
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Project Documents:
Terms of Reference
News:
Progress on the Disability, Education & Poverty Study in India
Working Papers:
Forgotten Youth: Disability and Development in India
Conceptualising Disability and Education in the South: Challenges for Research
For more information, please email Dr. Nidhi Singal at sn241@cam.ac.uk
