Including Samuel – Including Everyone . . .

If someone would have asked be before watching the film Including Samuel whether or not full inclusion should be allowed in schools, my answer, without a doubt, would have been no. I would have argued that children with certain disabilities learn differently, therefore they need to be in separate classrooms to learn at their pace, to the best of their ability. However, using this same argument, there should be a classroom just for kids with ADD, autism, depression, anxiety, or any other mental illnesses, but to my knowledge there isn’t. Every child learns a little differently, but limiting kids’ capabilities in schools due to physical disabilities is unfair. And yes, separating kids due to physical disabilities is limiting their capabilities; this world isn’t segregated anymore. Denying the sharing of learning space reduces the quality of the lives of children with disabilities and those without.