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Drawn up by CSIE in 1989 and now signed by a growing number of organisations, LEAs, Trade Unions, MPs and Peers. This six-point Charter calls for the phasing out of special schools for educational and human rights reasons and includes a revised explanatory back-up paper. Download pdf Inclusion Charter pdf
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A look at the evidence and the reasons why, whatever the degree of interaction with mainstream schools, special schools are necessarily segregating institutions. Dr Sharon Rustemier's report draws on the substantial bodies of educational and social psychological evidence to illustrate the damage of this segregation and its links with stigma, stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination.
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Colour A4 poster outlining arguments supporting the inclusion of disabled children in mainstream schools. Download PDF here
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Five pages of references that support the leaflet, 'Reasons against segregated schooling'. Download pdf
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This A4 leaflet outlines the key reasons against segregated special schooling for disabled children. Download PDF
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Information leaflet on Article 24 (Education) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) which emphasizes disabled children's rights to an inclusive education. The leaflet also offers information on the Convention's relevance to UK schools, relevant UK legislation and guidance, and a range of useful resources. The leaflet opens up to an A2-sized poster designed to be displayed in schools. Download PDF
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Report of CSIE’s 2001 national conferences in London and Manchester which aimed to provide a platform for learning supporters to express their views. The report focuses on supporters' recommendations for developing their work. Priorities for change include: pay, conditions, working with teachers, working with pupils with high level support needs, training and qualifications. Download PDF
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This report by Alison Wertheimer reflects the growing international movement calling for inclusive schools which welcome all children. Inclusion, it says, is an issue of basic human rights, and not primarily an educational or professional issue. It calls for change in the UK law to end current discrimination against disabled pupils.
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Information leaflet on previous work of the Centre and the philosophy behind including children in mainstream schools. Download PDF
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Report from our small-scale study into disabled students’ experiences, commissioned by the University of Bristol and undertaken in collaboration with Dr Dave Bainton, Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. Download report