Focusing on specialist schools for students with disability misunderstands the royal commission report’s point and misses its major implications for all schools.
Education segregation could continue for Australia’s young people for at least another generation – and possibly longer – in light of the disability royal commission recommendations.
Almost 90% of students with disability go to mainstream schools but an increasing number are going to special schools.
PE teachers need better training to ensure children with disabilities have as much access to school sports as their able-bodied peers.
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Inclusive education has been promoted since the 1970s. But research shows children with disabilities are still excluded from school activities and sports in particular
Just being in the same classroom doesn’t make it inclusive.
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Recent articles question whether inclusive education can do more harm than good. However, neither article presents examples of inclusion. Rather, they present tragic examples of exclusion that are claimed to be inclusion-not-working.