Lane, assistant professor in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, disseminates research to support the implementation of inclusive educational services for students with intellectual disabilities in Saudi Arabia.
Dani Lane, assistant professor in the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, co-published an article titled, “A brief history of special education policy on the inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities in Saudi Arabia” alongside Khalid M. Abu-Alghayth (King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia), Sarah Semon (University of South Florida), Nicholas Catania (University of South Florida) and Ann Cranston-Gingras (University of South Florida).
The article, published in the British Journal of Learning Disabilities, examines the history of access to educational services for individuals with intellectual disabilities in Saudi Arabia. More specifically, the piece considers the history of special education, describes the evolution of services and analyzes the legislation related to the inclusion of children with intellectual disabilities.
Further, the publication makes recommendations to inform policy, such as those proposed in Saudi Vision 2030.
The research and publication were funded by King Khalid University, Grant/Award Number: RGP.1/290/42 and may be accessed online here.