South Asia and Disability Studies ― Redefining Boundaries and Extending Horizons

Editors Rao and Kalyanpur present students, academics, researchers, and policy makers with a collection of academic articles and essays that together provide an investigation of the social, economic, cultural, and historical aspects of living with disability in South Asia. The editors have organized the thirteen contributions that make up the main body of the text in five parts, providing an introduction, examining South Asia disability policy, the historical and cultural contexts of disability in South Asia, identity and constructions of disability in South Asia, and providing their conclusions. Shridevi Rao is a faculty member of The College of New Jersey. Maya Kalyanpur is a faculty member of the University of San Diego. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Shridevi Rao (PhD in special education, Syracuse University) is Associate Professor at the Department of Special Education, Language, and Literacy at The College of New Jersey. She has conducted several ethnographic studies and authored articles that focus on families’, teachers’, and teacher candidates’ constructions of disability.
Maya Kalyanpur (PhD in special education, Syracuse University) is Associate Professor in the Department of Learning and Teaching at the University of San Diego. She has authored books and numerous articles on international special education policy and programs in the United States, India, and Cambodia, with a focus on issues relating to families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.