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Article: Why all students with disabilities should be included in regular physical education.
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- Palaestra
- Article date:
- March 22, 1994
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Inclusion is perhaps the most feared and emotionally charged educational reform since passage of PL 94-142. Whether in formal debates at professional meetings or informal gatherings in teachers' lounges, nothing can divide a room of educators into two camps like discussions of inclusion. Yet, many of these debates are due to misunderstandings of the concept and how it is being implemented. For example, one physical educator told me how she found out that a student with severe physical disabilities would be included in her regular physical education program the day before he showed up! No one took the time to prepare her for this student or discuss his individual program. ...