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Speaking as a foreigner who spent one year in a US high-school, I was shocked that both disabled students and non-disabled students were in the same school. To
by bh42222 15y ago
Speaking as a foreigner who spent one year in a US high-school, I was shocked that both disabled students and non-disabled students were in the same school.
To me it was obvious this was bad for both, but especially the disabled students who could be served much better in a specialized school.
But then once I learned more US history regarding segregating different groups of people... well I still think it's a bad way to go, but now at least I understand why it is that way.
In other countries disabled students attend specialized schools who provide them with a much better level of services. The concentration of students with disabilities allows for the concentration of people with advance and specialized skills. This not usually possible in a standard school, where only a very small number of students is disabled.
- scott_s 15y agoWhat kind of disabilities are you talking about? Physical disabilities, or emotional and cognitive disabilities? My mother was a special education teacher - her students had emotional and cognitive disabilities. While she taught inside of a normal elementary school, she was really in a school-within-a-school. All of her students had emotional disabilities, and they had a separate staff and reporting structure than the rest of the school. Some emotionally disabled kids can go into general education later on, but not all of them can. Now, physically disabled students is a different matter entirely. They have the same emotional and cognitive abilities as everyone else. I think they should be in the same classes, and the general educational system should accommodate them.