I aim of the belief that all children and teenagers should have the support to learn equally. My sister has Down’s syndrome and my biggest hope for her is that she won’t be made to feel differently or suffer form an misguided education system that excludes special needs children, truth be told these children will become adults both with and without learning disabilities, we should all be encouraging of a patience and respectful attitudes towards all children.
One of the most fulfilling moments I have ever experienced was watching my teenage brother come over break away from his own friends to play soccer with myself and our little sister.
All humanity starts from learning and understanding why it’s so important to make the time and considerations for those people who may need a little more help then others.
Thank you for writing this
Today a reader of my blog asked if I’d read a recent article written by Rachel Smalley, up on the Newstalk ZB website. The reader was not happy about what she read there, and having read it myself I also feel the article needs a public reply. There is just so much wrong with the way Smalley frames the debate she is looking at, that it is hard to know where to start, so I might as well begin at the beginning.
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Smalley’s article starts off with the recent example of the child with Aspergers and dyslexia, who had been expelled from school because of an incident with a skateboard. She uses this example to launch into the question of whether it is a good idea to mainstream children with special needs. She uses two examples to frame the debate: One where an…
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