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Article: Taking Sides: Parent Views on Inclusion for Their Children with Severe Disabilities.
- Article from:
- Exceptional Children
- Article date:
- June 22, 2001
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I have watched the progress of the inclusion movement for the last 4 years.
I always wonder if I am doing the right thing. My son is not socialized, so
I do not push for mainstreaming. But does he need to be mainstreamed to
even be socialized? I would love to believe that mainstreaming would help,
but in my heart I believe that he is just too disabled. And it breaks my
heart.
Given the high degree of debate regarding inclusion that has taken place among educational advocacy groups and in the mass media (Borthwick-Duffy, Palmer, & Lane, 1996), it can be assumed that many, if not most, parents of children with severe disabilities are aware of the ...