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Index Association of Parents of Disabled Children (APDC), ix, 15, 22, 27, 28, 36, 40–42, 45, 49, 178, 179 autism, 15, 16, 51, 52, 58–80, 150, 156, 160, 178–180 Central Asian Autism Network, 65n20, 79 cerebral palsy, 23, 32, 72, 95, 96, 112, 115–120, 137, 150, 156 Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 87 data, 14, 22, 35, 52, 84, 85, 119, 127, 144, 145, 150, 156 defectology, 2, 10–13, 16, 92, 93, 116, 148, 176, 180 Education for All (EFA), 1, 4, 5, 8, 41, 42, 54, 117n5, education system Kazakhstan, 53, 62, 76, 88 Kyrgyzstan, 8, 122, 147, 165 Tajikistan, 36, 38, 40, 48, 49 First Steps to School, 45, 46 gender expectations, 21, 22, 24 infrastructure, 12, 16, 23, 48, 128, 135, 479 labor migration, 114, 147 medical model, 11 National Research Center for Correctional Education, 60, 82, 181 Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools, 7, 53, 80 preschool, 41, 44, 45, 86, 88, 113, 126, 128, 129, 135, 145, 147, 148, 150, 152, 161, 162, 164, 169 professional learning communities, 17, 180 professional development, 3, 13, 16, 60, 79, 130, 136, 144, 150, 159, 168, 177, 179–181 Psychological-Medical-Pedagogical Commission (PMPC), 10, 15, 22, 26–30, 33, 40, 41, 43, 44–46, 49, 52, 59–61, 70, 73, 82, 96, 97, 117, 127, 129, 130, 135, 138, 178, 182 192 Index Russia, 5, 6, 22–24, 31, 36, 37, 86, 106, 114, 135 school buildings, 16, 179 school principals, 179, 180 Social Adaptation and Professional Rehabilitation (SATR) Center, 15, 61, 82, 178, 181 stigma, 12, 21–23, 25, 32, 58, 115, 120, 122, 123, 135, 139, 166, 168, 177, 178 teachers, 3, 7–10, 12, 13, 15–17, 23, 25, 27, 28, 30–32, 38–40, 43, 45, 47–49, 52, 53, 62, 64, 65, 67–77, 79, 82, 84–86, 90, 92–108, 114n3, 119, 122, 123, 124n8, 130–132, 136–138, 141, 144, 145, 148, 149–165, 167–169, 171–173, 176, 177, 179–182 USAID, 89, 112, 122, 128 Vygotsky, Lev, 11, 93, 116, 148 Waldorf education, 151–154, 157, 170, 172, 173 ...

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