Segregation Hurts: Voices of Youth with Disabilities and Their Families in India -- DEDICATION -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- SEGREGATED LIVES OF CHILDREN WITHDISABILITIES IN INDIA: Daily Life Experiences of Indian Families -- LIST OF TABLES -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION -- Education and the Kerala State -- Status of People in the Society -- CHAPTER 2: EDUCATION FOR ALL AND ITS IMPORTANCEAROUND THE GLOBE -- Special Education in the US and the Journey towards Inclusion -- Special Education: Culture, Family Values and Belief Systems. Internationally -- Culture -- Different Cultures -- Family Values -- Belief Systems -- Education in India -- Special Education -- Inclusion -- Current Status of the Law in India -- Educating Professionals and Parents -- Exploring the State Kerala -- CHAPTER 3: THOMAS AND NANCY: Parents of a Childwith Cerebral Palsy Life in the Upper Classwith Educated Parents -- Titi s/o Thomas and Nancy -- Initial Days After the Birth of Titi -- CHAPTER 4: USMAN AND KHADEEJA: Parents of a Child with Cerebral Palsy Life in the Upper Classwith Less Educated Parents -- CHAPTER 5: KRISHNA AND NEHA: Parents of a Child with Down Syndrome Life in the Middle Class with Educated Parents -- CHAPTER 6: AMAR AND AMINA: Parents of a Child with Intellectual Disability Life in the Middle Class with Less Educated Parents -- CHAPTER 7: JOSEPH AND JANE: Parents of Twins with Intellectual Disability Life in the Lower Class with Less Educated Parents -- CHAPTER 8: JAVED AND JASMINE: Parents of a Child with Intellectual Disability Life in the Lower Class with Uneducated Parents -- CHAPTER 9: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- INTRODUCTION -- Case Study -- Participants -- Procedures -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Theoretical Framework to Interpret the Stories -- CHAPTER 10: COMPILING STORIES: What Did We Learn?.

The Social, Cultural and Educational Attitudes Towards Disability -- SOCIAL -- ADVICE FROM MEDICAL DOCTORS -- LEGAL KNOWLEDGE AND GOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT -- GENERAL PUBLIC'S VIEW ON DISABILITY -- CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PLANS FOR A CHILD WITHDISABILITY IN KERALA -- CULTURAL -- INTERDEPENDENT FAMILY VALUES -- BELIEF SYSTEM -- EDUCATIONAL -- CHAPTER 11: A SELF REFLECTION: Recommendations for Future -- LIMITATIONS -- Summary of Limitations and Recommendations -- IMPLICATIONS -- Medical Professionals -- Legal Knowledge -- Belief System -- SUMMARY OF IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE PRACTICE -- Early Childhood -- Elementary, Middle and High School Years -- Future -- Implications for Future Research -- CONCLUSION -- Merging the Societal, Cultural and Educational Attitudes for Change -- OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS -- Socio-Economic -- Upper Class Educated: Thomas and Nancy -- Upper Class Less Educated: Usman and Khadeeja -- Middle Class Educated: Krishna and Neha -- Middle Class Less Educated: Amar and Amina -- Lower Class Educated: Joseph and Jane -- Lower Class Uneducated: Jasmine and Jane -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX A: RESEARCH STUDY CONSENT FORM -- APPENDIX B -- APPENDIX B: INTERVIEW QUESTIONS.