Inclusion is a term used by people with disabilities for the idea that all people should be freely, openly and without any pity accommodate any person with disability without discrimination. This people with disability should be treated with equality to the other persons without disability. This gives equal chances and opportunities to all people. Students with disability should study in the general classroom so that they are able to learn how to interact with all people despite of their conditions. These helps to boost the students self-esteem and confidence that despite their physical challenge they are equal to all other people since they have equal chances and opportunities.
Classes in general schools are constructed to accommodate all students with disabilities such that there are pavements to cub the place of stairs whereby the disabled can pass
...through if they use a wheelchair. Disabled students are able to have their needs faster satisfied since they can seek help from their other un disabled peers. This would not be the case if they studied in a special disability school. Teachers, paraprofessionals and the principle believe that the disabled students have a great contribution to make in both class work and other social factors and hence they will achieve the best in the environment of a general classroom.
The teachers use their joint planning time to solve problem and discuss the use of special instructional techniques for the students who need special assistance. Teachers have also been trained on how to deal with students with special needs and thus are able to handle all students equally giving attention to the needs of each individual.
According to my own experience having disable
students in the general classes of a greater advantage to the students. Learning together boosted their self-esteem and as well as learning different aspects of life from one another. The benefit does not only go to the disabled student but also to the other students where they are able to accept the disabled as members of the society and hence reduce discrimination in general.
Advantages of Inclusion
Disabled students are able to learn social skills from their peers which could not be the case if they learned in special schools. Therefor a great advantage to them. They also get the academic benefit whereby they are able to get role models from their non-disabled peers as well as from their teachers. When they learn in the environment of disabled they may not be exposed to a great number of people and therefor a limitation in the case of role models. Another advantage of inclusion is that the society is able to appreciate and live with the disabled without discrimination. This occurs whereby they interact with other non-disabled students in the schools and therefor appreciate them the way they are. This advantage enhances to boost the self-esteem of the disabled student hence a benefit.
Disadvantages of Inclusion
Some schools may lack the qualified staff and adequate equipment to enhance the teaching of some disabled students. This may mostly occur especially in the case of visually impaired students. This may necessitate these students to study in special schools to enhance effectiveness. Moreover, occurs whereby the disabled students may feel discriminated especially in performance of some physical tasks.
In conclusion, the disabled students should learn together with the non-disabled students to enhance equality and
acceptance in the society. This makes them to feel that they are part of the society therefore inclusion should be implemented.
Work Cited
- Gargiulo, Richard, and Jennifer Kilgo. An introduction to young children with special needs: Birth through age eight. Cengage Learning, 2013.
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