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    A Local high school participated in a program of inclusion with the University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability. The program was designed to help gradually bring students with special needs into public school systems and regular classes. Amro is one of those students assimilated into a regular high school by asking the football coach to let him be an assistant manager.

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    A Local high school participated in a program of inclusion with the University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability. The program was designed to help gradually bring students with special needs into public school systems and regular classes. Amro is one of those students assimilated into a regular high school by asking the football coach to let him be an assistant manager.

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    A Local high school participated in a program of inclusion with the University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability. The program was designed to help gradually bring students with special needs into public school systems and regular classes. Amro is one of those students assimilated into a regular high school by asking the football coach to let him be an assistant manager.

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    AaronDeane

    ProfessorThomas
    UWRIT1102
    23March2015

    Nisbet,Jan."6TurningPoints:TheStoryofHighSchoolInclusioninNewHampshire."
    Partof
    theCommunity:StrategiesforincludingEveryone
    .Baltimore:PaulBrookesPub.,2000.Print.

    LocalhighschoolparticipatedinprogramofinclusionwiththeUniversityofNew
    HampshiresInstituteonDisability(IOD).Thisprogramwasdesignedtohelpgraduallybring
    studentsintopublicschoolsystemsandregularclasses.Theprogramreceivedscrutinyfornot
    givingstudentswithspecialneedstheindividualassistancetheyneeded,butitprovidedaway
    forthosestudentstoexpandtheirhorizons.
    In1997,JocelynCurtingraduatedfromConcordHighSchool.Sheisoneofthegreat
    examplesinNewHampshireoftheprogramssuccess.Althoughshecanonlycommunicate
    throughbodyposturesandfacialexpressions(RettSyndrome)shestillparticipatedingeneral
    classesatConcordHighSchool.Sheusedherexperiencesinhighschooltocreateamodeling
    portfolio.Althoughshecantevencommunicateshehasbeenabletointerviewwithanumberof
    topagenciesinNewYork.
    Whentheprogramfirststarted,thechildrennormallywouldtakeclassesina
    selfcontainedclassroomwithotherkidswithdisabilities.Classroomwasseparatedupon
    graduationbaseduponseverityofthedisability.Theywouldincludechildrenwithdisabilitiesin
    elementaryschool,butwhentheywouldgraduate(ormoveon)tomiddleschooltheywould
    separatethechildren.Theycreatedthehighschoolprogramgoalwastoincreaseaccessand
    supportforstudentswithdisabilitiesatNewHampshirespostsecondaryschools.
    Amroisoneofthosestudentsassimilatedintoaregularhighschool.Theschoolsfaculty
    triedtohelphimintoadjustproperlybyaskingthefootballcoachtoletAmrobeanassistant
    manager.Thewholeteamacceptedhimandtriedtohelphimgetusetotheschool.Teammates

    AaronDeane
    ProfessorThomas
    UWRIT1102
    23March2015
    servedasmentorswhohelpedhimwithschoolworkandlifeoutsidetheclassroom.Hecame
    withnoformofcommunicationbesidesYesandNo.Afterbeingexposed,helearnedhowto
    spellandwrite.Hecouldrespondtoquestionsbywritingoutanswers.Eventuallyheaskedto
    movefromthemanagerofthefootballteamtoaplayer.Duringonegamehekickedofffour
    times.Althoughitwasaspecialoccasion,noonemadeadealbuttreatedhimasanequal.
    Amrowasabletofinishhisseniorprojectandgraduatewiththerestofhisclass.Henowworks
    fulltimeinacandleshopinthetownwhereneighborsandformerclassmatescontinuetovisit
    him.

    Quotes:

    Asa12thgrader,Amrosweatedthroughhisseniorprojectandpresentationjustlike
    170otherSouheganstudents(143)

    Thebenefitswereobviouselementaryschoolteachersandstaffwerefamiliarwith
    studentswithdisabilitiesandforthemostpartwerecomfortablewithhavingthemin
    classandintheschool.(134)

    Hespokeafewwords(e.g.yes,no)andusedawidevarietyoffacialexpressions
    andinformalgesturestomakehiswishesknown.(142)

    Analysis:Ithinkthisbookisgreatforhelpingpeopledevelopnewwaystoincludechildrenwith
    disabilitiesinanormallife.ForthebookIlikehoweachchapterissubdividedintosectionsto
    helpthereaderunderstandtheimportanceofthecontent.ThesectionIreadtalkedaboutthe
    importanceofgivingthesestudentswithdisabilitiesanormallife.EversinceIbecame

    AaronDeane
    ProfessorThomas
    UWRIT1102
    23March2015
    interestedindisabilities,thishasbeenapassionofmineandIlovereadingabouthowthe
    processworked.

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