Parents, Teachers Agree Inclusion Works for Students with Disabilities, but More Resources Are Needed
February 13, 2019
By: Eric Harryman
Source: FOX40
SACRAMENTO — For Kimber Rice, yearbook photos of her daughter Ari taken throughout the years are not just memories, they are proof of how far Ari has come.
Ari is 12. She’s a social butterfly who loves music and dancing. She also lives with some disabilities, which can be challenging in the classroom.
“She’s in middle school, but her reading and math skills are more around a first-grade level,” Rice said. “So learning in a typical classroom looks very different for her.”
But Rice says Ari is making huge strides at school, a fact she credits to inclusion.
“We really saw the benefit of her being with peers,” she said.