Towards the decolonisation of disability: A systematic review of disability conceptualisations, practices and experiences of First Nations people of Australia

Decolonizing Inclusive Education through Trauma-Informed Theories

“…This necessitates 'new ways of valuing, not privileging Eurocentric values as universal or superior' while also pursuing 'affirmative practice' (Sultana 2019: 34) to challenge structural inequities that mould the biographical experiences of disabled and other disenfranchised groups of students. This process entails a 'bottom-up' approach to leveraging transformative trauma-informed action, where students, families and their communities can have an active role in dictating the development of relevant supports and interventions, while disrupting the enduring legacy of their colonial subordination and voicelessness (Avery et al 2021;Puszka et al 2022).…”

“…and Engelbrecht 2018: 1). The 'colonial(ism/ity)' couplet is thus a diachronic and transhistorical phenomenon that is reified through educational and social practices that masquerade, legitimize and perpetuate hierarchical social relations and power inequities across Southern and post-colonial Northern localities (Abdulrahman et al 2021;Armstrong et al 2011;Elder and Migliarini 2020;Sultana 2019;Puszka et al 2022).…”

“…'Global migration' and the gradual blurring of national barriers necessitate 'more complex understandings of identity formation and the role of schooling in reproducing inequalities' (Gewirtz and Cribb 2009: 89-90). This is particularly the case for indigenous populations residing in Eurocentric and postcolonial contexts, who are entangled in an intersectional web of colonial structures, ableism, gendered inequality and racism, and are rendered objects of discriminatory and exclusionary regimes (Elder andMigliarin 2020: 1856;Puszka et al 2022).…”

Community‐based social care models for indigenous people with disability: A scoping review of scholarly and policy literature

“…Disability is experienced and understood by Indigenous people internationally in distinct ways from other populations, requiring different approaches in disability services. While there is no single Indigenous construct of disability, the international literature reports that many Indigenous tribes, nations and communities understand physical and sensory disabilities to reflect the normal range of human diversity (Avery, 2018 ; Bevan‐Brown, 2013 ; Puszka et al, 2022 ; Varvarezou, 2020 ). Disabilities may be experienced in collective as well as individual ways, through Indigenous understandings of the social basis of health conditions and through practices of caregiving for people with disability in Indigenous families (Bevan‐Brown, 2013 ; Puszka et al, 2022 ).…”

“…While there is no single Indigenous construct of disability, the international literature reports that many Indigenous tribes, nations and communities understand physical and sensory disabilities to reflect the normal range of human diversity (Avery, 2018 ; Bevan‐Brown, 2013 ; Puszka et al, 2022 ; Varvarezou, 2020 ). Disabilities may be experienced in collective as well as individual ways, through Indigenous understandings of the social basis of health conditions and through practices of caregiving for people with disability in Indigenous families (Bevan‐Brown, 2013 ; Puszka et al, 2022 ). Independent living movements within some disability services may conflict with Indigenous values of collective responsibility and practices of interdependency (Senior, 2000 ; Varvarezou, 2020 ).…”