Education

Inclusion

Persons with disabilities often face exclusion, and social and legal discrimination, directly arising from the negative stereotypes attached to them. The solution to these issues is to intensify raising awareness in the community. Actions such as maintaining children with special needs in a parallel education system aside from the rest of society only further marginalize children with special needs.

Education could and should be used to promote values such as equality, diversity and to empower and integrate children with special needs. An inclusive educational system is an important step to change the mindset of future adults towards persons with disabilities. More awareness is also needed to encourage employers to recruit persons with disabilities by stressing their abilities instead of their disabilities in order to favor their professional inclusion.

female teacher using blocks too teach a small boy
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