Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Methodologies of Silence Chapter 3: Methodology Chapter 4: The silence surrounding special needs children in a Third-world country (Guyana) Chapter 5: Silence in the environment: Sustainable development in Nigeria Chapter 6: Silence in cross-cultural education: Illustration from Pohnpei, Micronesia Chapter 7: Silence in the effort to restructure an economy: Uzbekistan Chapter 8: Listening to the spectrum: Autism in America Chapter 9: Another accent in the silence: Autism in India Chapter 10: An ear for the elderly: Age Care amongst the Indian Diaspora in Australia Chapter 11: Making something out of silence: Indigenous sustainable livelihoods (Indonesia) Chapter 12: Epilogue: The “So What?/Now What?”