John T. Ward is a Métis and Non-Status Indian from the Algonquin territory of Kitchisibi. His specialization is Indigenous wholistic knowledge, ethics, disabilities, learning disabilities, and dyslexia among Indigenous people in Canada. He also works as a special advisor in disability and Indigenous knowledge in the Government of Canada.

0.Introduction. Part I - The power, wisdom, knowledge, and lived experiences of Elders. [...] colonial education system - Teaching Indigenous children with learning differences. [...]. Anne's Indian Residential School - How labelling contributed to disabilities. 3.Interpreting Disabilities from a Mohawk Perspective: Elder Guidance when navigating the dreamworld. 4.Disability Interpretation from colonial insight to Indigenous spirituality: A Ihanktonwan Dakota and Chickasaw realization. [...] Eskimo's lived experience of disabilities - Elder, advocate, leader, and dialogue builder. 6.Perspectives of disability in the Yukpa Peoples of Venezuela and Colombia from an Indigenous psychological perspective. Part II - Reframing the narrative - Navigating self- representation. [...] see or not to see: Am I blind or is that just another colonial label. 8.Reframing the narrative - navigating self-representation: Indigenous Deaf people. 9.Neurodiversity from an Indigenous perspective: Honouring the Seven Grandfather Teachings. 10.Navigating my Indigeneity through colonialism and how disabilities impacted my knowledge systems: A Muiscas and Teusacá experience. 11.Navigating Disabilities from a Mauritius Perspective. 12.Reframing the narratives of Indigenous person with disabilities and creating inclusive spaces through advocacy. [...] meets new - Moving forward with the colonial mindset of disability - A Kabyle perspective. Part III - Learning from within - Including traditional knowledge. [...] importance of Indigenous sign languages on the cultural empowerment of Deaf Indigenous people. 15.Learning from traditional knowledge: Basotho Indigenous epistemology of disability. [...] Man of Spring Bayou: Understanding and living with mild Cerebral Palsy through traditional Indigenous knowledge. [...] strength, wisdom, and resilience of traditional knowledge as a cultural approach to modern day living in Northern Canada an Inuk perspective. [...] linguistic disability to linguistic diversity case studies of Taiwanese Indigenous peoples. [...] and Muhavu beliefs, understandings, teachings, and traditional knowledge of disabilities. 20.Language structure or a language-based disability (dyslexia) - how natural learning contributed to being disabled. Part IV - Challenging colonial authority - Infusing regional ideals and concepts. 21.Disability support for Indigenous people: The Sweetgrass Method. 22.Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities in Taiwan: The Experiences of Paiwan People. 23.Difference wisdom: Reimagining disability dialogue. [...] birth and care of Määt Jääy in a context of structural violence, "disability" in a Mixe town in Oaxaca. [...] belong to you, but you don't represent us a Javanese (Indonesian) experience of disabilities. 26.Understanding Indigenous disabilities: A cultural perspective of Indigenous Pashtun community. 27.Intersectionalities of Indigenous Disabilities: Breaking down colonial barriers. Part V - Interpretations, narratives, and lived experiences of grassroots teachers and social service providers. 28.Disabilities in Uganda: Understanding community challenges and barriers. 29.Disabilities in Malawi: A cultural and social perspective as influenced by colonialism. 30.Society's manner towards disabilities: A perspective from India. 31.Taking Care of Disability People in Kenya. 32.Conditions of disabilities in Uganda. 33.Weaving a Human-Centric tapestry: A Rwandan perspective. x.Conclusion