Ontario educational system failing students with intellectual disabilities: report

Andrea Gordon, Education Reporter, The Star, May 4, 2018
Students face daunting academic and social barriers that can leave them excluded, vulnerable to bullying and set them up for low expectations for the future, said the report, a joint project by experts in disabilities law and education. Their parents are asked to keep them home from school, pick them up early and must fight hard to get them the supports they are legally entitled to. This is the reality for many students with intellectual disabilities and their families in Ontario, according to a new report released Friday, conducted by the Toronto District School Board Special Education Advisory Committee, which provides a rare look at how this vulnerable group is faring in school. To Learn More About the Disability Barriers in Ontario’s Education System,
read the survey results, of Parents of Students with Special Education Needs, April 2018.