1: Introduction: Disabled People or Disabling Society?; 2: An Ideological-Cultural Framework for the Study of Disability; 3: Disability and Education: Some Observations on England and Wales; 4: Education and Disability in Hungary; 5: Education and Special Education in Cross-Cultural Perspective: The Islamic Republic of Iran; 6: Current Developments and the Problems of Culture and Special Education in Japan; 7: Education and Disability in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Pakistan; 8: Special Education in Cross-Cultural Perspective: People's Republic of China; 9: Education and Disability in Cross-Cultural Perspective: The United States; 10: Education and Disability: Challenge and Opportunity