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Inclusive Schooling in Saudi Arabia

Schattman and Benay (1992) define inclusive schooling as education in which all children--regardless of the type of or the severity of any physical or mental disability which a student might have--are taught in regular school classrooms rather than in classes and/or schools serving only disabled students. Although many countries (including Saudi Arabia) do not have an inclusive educational system, in the United States, inclusive schooling has been a part of education since the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) in 1975.

According to Myers (1991), mainstreaming in America has proved itself over the years demonstrating that it is of real value both to handicapped and non-handicapped students. As Myers (1991) puts it:

Mainstreaming children with disabilities into regular classrooms is beneficial to all children. Disabled children have the opportunity to interaction with peers and develop friendships while children without disabilities learn to accept others as they are, be patient and helpful toward others, and appreciate each person's different gifts. (p.26)

In addition, Davern and Schnorr (1991) have noted that mainstreaming in America and Canada has been associated with increasing handicapped children's general knowledge development as well as their language and social skill development. The authors also point out that inclusive education assists in the building of friendships between handicapped and non-handicapped youth.

As a result of positive findings such as those just cited, several countries other than America and Canada either have adopted inclusive education or are considering adopting it (Klausmeier, 1985). One such country is Saudi Arabia.

While Saudi Arabia does not currently have inclusive education, it does have a special education system. Specifically, under the Ministry of Education, there are the following institutions:

1. Institutions for Hearing Imp...

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