| Disabilities in the ancient world and especially in Greece | | | | accommodate wheel chairs. If the child doesn't suffer |
| and Rome were treated by getting rid of babies that | | | | from any other disability or cognitive impairment, he or |
| were born deformed or with any form of disability. | | | | she would be able to learn as well as any of the other |
| Their obsession with perfection "allowed" them to | | | | children in the school. |
| commit unspeakable sins. | | | | 2. Visual or hearing impairment or disability might not be |
| Luckily, civilization has come a long way and today we | | | | so easy to accommodate. Teachers need special |
| know that a disability doesn't mean we are dealing | | | | training to assist these learners as they cannot |
| with a lesser being at all. Some of the master brains of | | | | communicate and learn in the same way as other |
| our society are disabled people. Stephen Hawking, the | | | | children do. In larger schools where there might be a |
| British theoretical physicist, is one of the best examples | | | | number of children with these disabilities, a special |
| of a severely disabled person that made massive | | | | education teacher can be appointed. In smaller areas |
| contributions to the world of science. | | | | with smaller schools the need might not be the same |
| The law expects it from schools to accommodate | | | | or it might not be possible to get a teacher with these |
| disabled children in schools and rightly so. Unfortunately, | | | | qualifications. |
| while the idea is noble and within the human rights of | | | | 3. Children who are severely physically or mentally |
| the individual, the practical application might not always | | | | disabled will need special care that mainstream schools |
| be that easy. | | | | might not be able to provide. Again the smaller schools |
| There are many concerns that need to be addressed | | | | might have more of a problem than bigger city schools. |
| before the decision can be made to say that | | | | Parents who need to make this choice should consider |
| mainstream education will benefit the child. | | | | all options and if the school can genuinely not provide |
| 1. The severity of the disability will have an impact. A | | | | the specific needs of the child, it might be necessary to |
| child that is physically disabled and in a wheel chair or | | | | look for alternative opportunities. Who knows if this |
| have some difficulty walking would easily adapt in a | | | | child will not grow up to be the next Stephen |
| mainstream school where the school is equipped to | | | | Hawking? |