1st Edition

Autism Perspectives from Africa (Volume I)

274 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

274 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

274 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book is written at a time of a paradigm shift in the African continent where dependence on western epistemologies and ontologies are giving way to African indigenous knowledge systems. Africa has been an importer of knowledge from the west since time immemorial and this book contributes to the body of knowledge on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from the African perspective. As a result,... Read more

Chapter 1: An Afrocentric perspective on Inclusive Education and Ubuntu

Chapter 2: Framing Autism

Chapter 3: Early Identification and Curriculum Differentiation for Learners with Autism

Chapter 4: Religion and Autism: Integrating the Person with Autism into a Community

Chapter 5: Voices and Views of Senior Students with ASD

Chapter 6: Learners with ASD in a Rural Context

Chapter 7: Technology Opening New Worlds for those with Autism – an Overview

Chapter 8: Partnerships for Autism in the Zimbabwean Inclusive Education System

Chapter 9: Parents and community partnerships in educating children with ASD as an Inclusive Education strategy

Chapter 10: ASD: Adolescents and Sexual Experiences in Rural Mpumalanga

Chapter 11: Classroom Assessment of Learners with Autism – Implications for Educators

Chapter 12: Autism and inclusion

Chapter 13: Autism and the Law

A Preliminary Conclusion: Trends in ASD Research in South(ern) Africa

Appendix: Autism-related organisations in South Africa

Biography

Mary G Clasquin-Johnson (ORCID: 0000-0002-0750-6579) is a senior lecturer in the Department of Inclusive Education at the University of South Africa, and the grant holder of the Women in Research grant from which this volume originates.

Dikeledi Mahlo (ORCID: 0000-0002-1793-4382) chairs the Department of Inclusive Education at the University of South Africa.

Michel Clasquin-Johnson (ORCID: 0000-0003-2780-9718) is a professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Arabic at the University of South Africa.