high school inclusion programs

Thomas Hehir - Eliminating Ableism in Education
Article that discusses teacher's and other's abelist philosophy that inherently discriminates against students with disabilities. Hehir is saying that labeling a student with a specific learning disability as "non-categorical," it prevents a better education and the label of dislexia, etc., helps the teachers, parents and students to accommodate the student's needs more effectivly.
It is an interesting philosphy and I think, connects well to the All Kinds of Minds philosophy of Mel Levine in that it seems to be the opposite of what Levin is saying. Rather than focusing on the weakness, which is what Hehir is saying, Levine states that focusing on the student's strengths are the key to educating the child.

"The research discussed thus far indicates several clear implications for educational practice. First, there is a population of children who are likely to experience significant difficulty with reading even with the best interventions. Dyslexia is clearly a disabling condition. Second, reading improvement for these students can continue to occur throughout their schooling if that intervention is sufficiently intensive and appropriate. Third, those with the most severe problems in reading print are likely to experience increasing difficulty in school as the cumulative effects of reading deficiency become apparent. Fourth, significant numbers of these students are receiving inappropriate educational assistance in terms of both the interventions they receive and their access to the curriculum."