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As a person with a severe physical disability, I think it depends on the type of disability your talking about. I can't use my legs or arms but have full mental capabilities(my wife might disagree some days) I was injured as a young adult and took classes at a local college and got all A's.
As far as small children go I think grouping them by their needs is ideal because they can benefit from having specialized teachers trained in their area of disability. I do think having all children in the same building would be good for them and in some way have the disabled and the non-disabled interact some how, this where I get stuck.
It is very important for the non-disabled to see people that struggle, so they can learn empathy and tolerance, opposed to ignorance. I've had people come up to me an say the stupidest things as if because I'm in a power wheelchair I must be retarded. One time we were at a restaurant and the waitress took my wife and daughters order and then said what will he have, my wife said, I don't know ask him, he can speak and he doesn't bite.
When I was in my twenty's and was more of a wise-ass, if someone stared at me I'd say do know got like this, I stared at a guy in a wheelchair!
It's important for kids and their parents to learn that being disabled doesn't make you any less human.
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