I LOVE THIS and 100% AGREE! Inclusion not only benefits those with disabilities, it benefits all involved!

Teachers need to realize that a "one size fits all" approach is not the best practice when teaching kiddos with or without disabilities.

This right here is the very essence of what Special Education teachers and teachers in general should strive for!

I am not well versed when it comes to "social constructivism" so I feel like I would need to do more research to better understand this point.

While in some cases where a student with ASD who is low functioning may not benefit and could be more of a disruption to a general education classroom, the spectrum is so large that to just say that general statement for all kids with ASD is far from accurate or true. I know so many kids with ASD who do absolutely amazing in the general education class!

Inclusion needs to be modeled from a young age. A lot of times with children don't accept or include others it's because they've never been in that type of situation and proper inclusion and acceptance hasn't been modeled. Now, there are always going to be those select few kids that aren't kind or accepting, however this should not be the case for the majority or more than one or two students. If that's the case then I would look at the teacher and see what they could do better to promote inclusion better.

This would especially be a barrier in lower income communities and also more impoverished countries.

YES! I have seen this recently in the school I work in. We have general education teachers who have special needs students in their classroom and they are not trained at all in how to include them in the classroom. These teachers either don't think these children can do things other non-disabled students can, or the opposite, they expect the students to perform in other areas like non-disabled students. It's required of the case managers in our district to provide an "IEP At a Glance" to all teachers their SPED students would work with. Teachers are to read through, ask questions, and sign off stating they understand the document and will follow it in their classroom. I have seen so many general education teachers just quickly sign off on the At a Glance not really having looked through it. Part of that is lack of initiative, the other they haven't been trained enough to fully understand the seriousness and how to then implement this in the classroom.

This is hard for me to fathom. I think because I have worked in Special Education for several years now and have been studying Special Education and all of the laws and entities here in the United State with very clear guidelines and definitions, its hard to think that so many other countries don't have systems and guidelines and definitions in place.

Geographically speaking, I would be curious to see a comparison of what this looks like. For example, what that exclusivity looks like in the United States compared to non-Western societies.

I think this is one of the best statements and definitions the author makes. This definition really encompasses what inclusion is!