Autism and the right to education in the EU: Policy mapping and scoping review of the United Kingdom, France, Poland and Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Autistic people may have different educational needs that need to be met to allow them to develop their full potential. Education and disability policies remain within the competence of EU Member States, with current educational standards and provisions for autistic people implemented locally. This scoping review aims to map EU and national special education policies with the goal of scoping the level of fulfilment of the right to education of autistic people.

Methods

Four EU countries (United Kingdom, France, Poland and Spain) were included in this scoping review study. Governmental policies in the field of education, special education needs and disability law were included. Path dependency framework was used for data analysis; a net of inter-dependencies betwe

SUBMITTER: Roleska M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6116926 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature