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Brigid Burke and Gregor Wolbring employ favouritism for abilities and ableism lens and the BIAS FREE Framework as two tools to analyse different education initiatives (Education for All, Education for Sustainable Development, Education for Human Rights, Inclusive Education and Adult Education initiatives). They conclude that whereas these initiatives are fragmented, the underlying abilities favoured by the initiatives are complementary and should be combined to increase their potency, which in turn would support the building of a holistic, equitable approach to education to which people are entitled by their human rights.
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Burke, B., Wolbring, G. Beyond Education for All: Using ableism studies lens and the BIAS FREE framework. Development 53, 535–539 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2010.72
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