Segregating Disabled Children From Their Peers Doesn’t Help Them, Advocates Say
When Emilio Bernier was born in May 2016, doctors informed parents Hilda and Olivier that their son had Down syndrome. As a toddler, Emilio received speech, occupational and physical therapy, but finding a preschool that would allow him to study alongside kids who were not disabled proved difficult. The frustrations experienced by the family — including an intransigent bureaucracy led by rigid...