Nasir Sulman, Ph.D Department of Special Education University of Karachi Any system that attempts to compensate (either temporarily or permanently) for the impairment and disability patterns of individuals with severe expressive communication disorders is Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). It is imperative that AAC utilizes individual residual communication disabilities to the full extent (ASHA 1991). […]
Prof. Dr. Nasir Sulman Department of Special Education University of Karachi This article presents understandings of what constitutes disability from the point of view of Sociology. The Sociology of disability is associated with medical sociology, or specifically, it’s sub-group such as the ‘sociology of chronic illness and disability’. It is formed by the idea that […]
Prof. Dr. Nasir Sulman Department of Special Education University of Karachi The weight of historical disadvantage experienced by disabled job seekers and workers is now well documented in literature. The principal policy response has been an increased governmental emphasis on ‘welfare through work’ and ‘work-based welfare’. However, an essential paradox remains: how is it that, […]
Nasir Sulman, Ph.D Department of Special Education University of Karachi What does it mean to be an insider or an outsider? The terms insider and outsider generally refer to people’s relation to particular socio-cultural spaces. An INSIDER is usually someone who ‘belongs’ and is mentally and bodily attuned to a specific socio-cultural space. His or her […]
Dr. Nasir Sulman Department of Special Education University of Karachi What Does A Special Education Do? Beethoven was deaf. Helen Keller was blind. And none other than Albert Einstein had Asperger’s syndrome. Along with their disabilities, these historical figures had at least one other thing in common: They had great teachers. Employed by schools at […]