1. is full inclusion desirable?
... report of the Disability Rights, Education, and Defense Fund found "the more time spent in integrated public school classes as children, the more people achieved educationally and occupationally as adults". Studies have found that "Segregated classes do not lead to independence and competence, but instead foster an unrealistic sense of insulation". To be accepted in the workplace and the ... learn and has a tendency to retard educational and mental development". (Stainback, 1992) Regular class students benefit from association with their special peers. The inclusion of handicapped indiv...
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