Table of contents: Conference proceedings: Transition towards Independent Living within the Community for Persons with Disabilities Acknowledgements Introduction Technology and inclusion Independent living for children and students Pathologisation of disabled childhood as an impediment to independent living A proposed functional curriculum for helping female students with moderate intellectual disabilities acquire functional/life skills Transition after university and finding work Approaches to independent living in Europe Author biographies Endnotes Independent living for children and students Pathologisation of disabled childhood as an impediment to independent living A proposed functional curriculum for helping female students with moderate intellectual disabilities acquire functional/life skills Book traversal links for Independent living for children and students ‹ References Up Pathologisation of disabled childhood as an impediment to independent living ›