Table of Contents

About the Editors
Contributors
Foreword: Thinking About Experts and Expertise by Douglas Fisher

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Breaking the Silence

1. Why Can’t They Figure It Out? by Elliott Shelton
2. A Parent’s View by Katherine Shelton
3. The Human Rights Basis for Student Personal Empowerment in Education by Ruth Luckasson*
4. Why Educators Need to Incorporate Student Voice into Planning: Reviewing the Literature by Veronica M. Moore*
5. Stop Asking Me if I Need Help by Angela Gabel
6. Live to Ride by Gary Hartzog
7. If You Want the Fire, Just Reach Deep in Your Heart by Carson Proo
8. Growing Up with Carson by Victor Proo

II. Friendships and Support

9. Who’s That Girl by Farrah Hernton
10. Taking Farrah to Lunch by Michelle Murray
11. "We Don’t Need a Wheelchair Lift…We Have Football Players": Transformational Experiences in Inclusive Education by Sherry Jones*
12. One Look, One Smile, and Two People by Erin Pitcher
13. This Is Why! by Heather Curran
14. This Is Me by Chad Schrimpf
15. Effective Peer Supports by Susan R. Copeland*
16. Connecting Across the Community: Pen Pals in Inclusive Classrooms by Veronica M. Moore, Carolyn Metzler, and Stacey Pearson*

III. School Implementation

17. This Is Their School by Stanley Agustin and Elizabeth B. Keefe*
18. He Called Me Duffy by Frances R. Duff*
19. We Can Do More Things than We Can't Do by Phillip Contreras, as told to Veronica Moore
20. It Has Nothing to Do with Being Smart by Alex Weatherhead
21. Differentiating Instruction at the Secondary Level by Frances R. Duff*
22. Struggling to Succeed by Breanna Ortiz
23. It’s More than Just Paragraphs by Jeremy Mallak
24. On the Road to Co-Teaching at the High School Level by Erin Jarry, Eddie Castro, and Frances Duff*
25. Living in a Separate (but Gifted!) World by Amanda Goshorn
26. The Evolution of an Inclusive Elementary School: A Principal's Journey by Bea Etta Harris*

IV. Thoughts for the Future

27. Honoring Student Voice Through Teacher Research by Kathryn Herr*
28. What’s Next for These Youth? by Ginger Blalock*
29. Am I in the Wrong Class? by Amanda Funicelli
30. The Ultimate Goal by Kelsey Holmes
31. Imagine the Possibilities by Frances R. Duff, Elizabeth B. Keefe, and Veronica M. Moore*

*Scholarly Chapter