Originally Posted by josie

Unfortunately, I don't think the kids with special needs (especially learning disabilities that affect their mental and intellectual functioning) are served as well educationally as they should be in mainstreamed settings. If they're in a regular classroom, the teacher often resents their presence, not least because they haven't been adequately trained to work with these students. And socially - I think it can be very, very lonely and difficult. It's very rarely the utopia we would like to hope for - that the person who is different in any way is just loved and accepted as one of the gang. Hell - kids are ostracized for having too much acne or a bad haircut in highschool- get the picture?
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