IN the 1950s, it was determined in the US that segregated special classes for students with special needs minimized, rather than maximized, the students' potential. Simultaneously, the civil rights movement was surging, which led the US Supreme Court to rule in the Brown case that "school [racial] segregation denies students equal educational opportunity.
This started the concept of inclusion in the US and in many parts of the world. In the beginning, the aim of inclusion was "to embrace all people irrespective of race, gender, disability, medical or other need. It is about giving equal access and opportunities and getting rid of discrimination and intolerance."
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