I encourage folk to check out this article and the PowerPoint presentation (link in the article). The article states that while US schools understand physical inclusion (ensuring all students have equitable access to facilities, services and activities) and academic inclusion (engaging diverse students in the teaching-learning process of the general education classroom) there is less familiarity with social inclusion.

Social inclusion ensures that all students have the opportunity for the development of authentic friendships with a broad range of their peers in a variety of settings. In addition students assume leadership roles to positively change their school and community.

There is a slide on the PowerPoint presentation that poses the question, “What barriers exist in your school to integrating social inclusion. I would love to hear a discussion of this question.