As a parent whose son is applying to secondary schools, I find it hard to understand why some schools immediately responded to our request for their prospectuses in large print, while others told him that he should get his mum to read them to him.
Inclusive Education is a collection of articles and reflections that explores some of these issues.
The opening section explains that in the UK a child often has to prove that the adjustments needed for them to be included in mainstream education do not conflict with the interests of other pupils in the school, whereas in the US the burden of adjustment is on the school, not the child.
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