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Listening To The Experts: Students With Disabilities Speak Out
edited by Elizabeth B. Keefe, Veronica M. Moore, and Frances R. Duff

Paul H. Brookes Publishing, 2006. Softcover, 218 pages, $19.95.

 

High school can be a time of adolescent anxiety, personal growth, and social interaction amid one's peers. What happens, however, when students with special needs are forced to spend their school years segregated in special education? In Listening To The Experts, this concern is addressed by students themselves, education professionals, families and peers, and human rights advocates.

Edited by three educators with extensive backgrounds and expertise in special education, this compilation is a varied examination of the current problem, the severe and life-lasting impact segregation has on students, and positive, effective ways to rectify the issue. The most compelling chapters are those written by students; these first-person accounts alone are worth the cost of the book. Recommended for educators, academics, and general audiences.

 

-Reviewed by Sally Rosenthal

 

About the reviewer: Sally Rosenthal, a former college librarian and occupational therapist, is disability-retired from both professions and now writes for animal and disability-related publications.