This research aims at establishing the impact of economic liberalization on children with disability education in India, South Africa and Brazil. It uses the quantitative data on government spending and enrollment rates and the qualitative data from the educators and policymakers. As it has been noted, economic liberalization has improved the overall expenditure on education and enrollment of children with disability but the improvement is not uniform. In India, for instance, the authorities have increased enrollment rates but this has not helped in addressing the issue of inequity in the distribution of resources. South Africa has improved the policies of integration of children with disabilities but the urban rural split is still evident. Brazil has increased its enrolment but has issues of poor preparedness for integration and infrastructural development. The study also reveals that although there has been some progress, there are still broad categories of concern in the quality of special education. It is therefore important that specific measures and fair distribution of resources are applied to improve the status of children with disabilities.

Economic liberalization, special education, children with disabilities, India, South Africa, Brazil, educational equity