Re: (OT )BBC: The Big Question: do special schools lead to segregation?

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I watched this on Sunday Margaret and felt that they kind of missed the point,

when I say that I mean the man who had the argument with Cameron.

I had the devils own job getting a special school placement and the

reason was simply cost, he has no physical disabilities so no accommodation

needed there and he had no behaviour problems so again no accommodation, as for

actual education that was completely absent in mainstream, not even a nod in the

direcion of. In 's case mainstream would not even be considered, they are

careful to always label him as SLD and therefore he would disrupt the education

of others.

The argument is not about whether mainstream or special is better for disabled

children but whether parental choice fits in with school and LEA budgets.

Vicky

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sf119/The_Big_Questions_Series_3_Episode\

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> Good standard of discussion! Starts about 24 mins 45 secs in and finishes 44

minutes in. You can also post on the bbc message board.

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