This factsheet describes the successful battle fought by parents of five year old Kirsty Arondelle who has Down's syndrome, to have her educated in an ordinary infant school.

This report by Ann Shearer is of an early CSIE/ACE day conference at the Institute of Education, London and deals with strategies for integration as well as opportunities and ways forward for parents.

These three integration examples have been written in an easily readable style designed to give basic facts as well as the atmosphere of each school. They are: Northumberland Park Comprehensive School which integrates students with physical disabilities; the all age inclusion of blind pupils at primary and comprehensive schools in Wolverhampton; and the pioneering Charnwood integrated nursery in Stockport, Cheshire. ISBN: 0 946828 11 3

This illustrated report tells the story up to 1987 of Kirsty Arrondelle who has been successfully educated in mainstream schools. Kirsty has Down's syndrome and her education is a tribute to the partnership between her parents, the LEAs and the primary school headteachers and teachers involved in her placements. ISBN: 0 946828 13 X

This is a report of CSIE's survey of LEA reviews of special education under the 1981 Act and reveals a wide variation of practice across the country, as well as illustrating different frustrations and tasks facing authorities. ISBN: 1 872001 47 5