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.

A report of the CSIE day conference where the strongest call was for special education to be made part of the mainstream system. Speakers called for a new perspective on special education and gave examples of how children previously excluded from ordinary schools, were included. Includes a section on Kirsty Arrondelle’s education. ISBN: 0 946828 10 5

What LEAs told and did not tell parents under the 1981 Education Act. This report features the results of CSIE's national survey of LEA material given to parents to help them through assessments and statementing. ISBN: 0 946828 12 1

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

There are no special schools in the two parts of Canada described in this report by Linda Shaw, Co-Director, CSIE. All children are in the mainstream with support. This illustrated report describes the local policy and practice, and challenges all of us to reconsider whether it is necessary to limit inclusive education. ISBN: 1 872001 01 7