(University of Regina, 2017-06) Timmons, Vianne; Thompson, S. Anthony
The inclusion of people with intellectual
and developmental disabilities in
educational and employment settings
is an important issue. Individuals with
disabilities often are not meaningfully
included in, or are even segregated from,
typical classroom settings, and they also
have difficulties securing employment
once their formal education is complete
(Levy & Hernandez, 2009). For the past
number of decades, Canadian education
systems have begun shifting away from
placing children with differing abilities
in segregated rooms/schools, to placing
them into the classroom, or even
better, including children of all abilities
meaningfully as part of the school culture.
