Mike,

My point exactly!  I know if I was thrown into a "regular education"
environment, I wouldn't be the person I am today.  Kids can be really
mean, I know that people with disabilities have to learn how to deal with
those kind of people.  First they should be given the skills on how to do
just that.  Not be thrown into a situation where they have to learn as
they go.  That could be more damaging then anything!

Cindy

On Wed, 14 Jun 2000 10:52:24 -0400 "Michael H. Collis"
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> Cindy, you are right.  Which is why I like the idea of "reverse
> inclusion," that is, taking "normal" children out of schools and
> putting
> them in special education schools first.  Once the children make
> friends
> with those in special education, I think mainstreaming would be
> facilitaqted with much less pain on the CWD's part.  That, after
> all, is
> one of our goals; to make mainstreaming into society as seamless and
> painless as possible for pwd's,
> Mike
>
> Cindy C Curtis wrote:
> >
> > When I was in school I want a cheerleader, I was the Student Body
> > President, I was on the yearbook staff, and I was on the newspaper
> staff.
> >  This was at the SP ED school.  Do you think disabled kids will
> get those
> > same opportunities at a regular school?  It would be easy to paint
> a
> > beautiful picture, as they often do, but the sad reality of it is
> they
> > wouldn't.
> >
> > I believe that kids with disabilities and without need to
> socialize
> > together.  There must be other ways of doing that.
> >
> > There, I've said my peace.
> >
> > Cindy