Is the IDEA ableist?

15/03/2021 6 min

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Episode Synopsis

Is the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (the IDEA) ableist by giving preference to general education classrooms with non-disabled children?  By making this the default destination for all children, it means that disabled children are not the ideal peers, in the eyes of the law.  Is this ableism?  https://www.instagram.com/parentingfrontier/         https://theparentingfrontier.com/            https://www.facebook.com/ParentingFrontier