Disability and Education

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The study of the educational practices and policies that promote inclusive education for students with disabilities, socialization, and access to knowledge and skills.

"Inclusion in education refers to all students being able to access and gain equal opportunities to education and learning."
"It is more effective for students with special needs to have the mixed experience for them to be more successful in social interactions leading to further success in life."
"The philosophy behind the implementation of the inclusion model does not prioritize, but still provides for the utilization of special classrooms and special schools for the education of students with disabilities."
"The idea being that it is to the social benefit of general education students and special education students alike, with the more able students serving as peer models and those less able serving as motivation for general education students to learn empathy."
"Schools most frequently use the inclusion model for select students with mild to moderate special needs."
"Fully inclusive schools, which are rare, do not separate 'general education' and 'special education' programs; instead, the school is restructured so that all students learn together."
"Inclusive education differs from the 'integration' or 'mainstreaming' model of education, which tended to be a concern."
"A premium is placed upon full participation by students with disabilities and upon respect for their social, civil, and educational rights."
"Feeling included is not limited to physical and cognitive disabilities, but also includes the full range of human diversity with respect to ability, language, culture, gender, age, and other forms of human differences."
"Student performance and behavior in educational tasks can be profoundly affected by the way we feel, we are seen and judged by others."
"The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 recognizes the need for adequate physical infrastructures and the need for safe, inclusive learning environments."
"The aim of inclusion in education is for all students to access and gain equal opportunities to education and learning."
"The inclusion model still allows for the utilization of special classrooms and special schools for the education of students with disabilities."
"The idea being that it is to the social benefit of general education students and special education students alike, with the more able students serving as peer models."
"Fully inclusive schools restructure so that all students learn together, without separating 'general education' and 'special education' programs."
"A premium is placed upon full participation by students with disabilities and upon respect for their social, civil, and educational rights."
"Feeling included encompasses the full range of human diversity with respect to ability, language, culture, gender, age, and other forms of human differences."
"When we expect to be viewed as inferior, our abilities seem to diminish."
"The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 recognizes the need for safe, inclusive learning environments."
"The more able students serving as peer models and those less able serving as motivation for general education students to learn empathy."