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      • Like all students, those with disabilities have the right to attend regular schools and regular classes, and to receive an appropriate education within those regular classes.
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  2. The majority of children with disabilities attend schools without special education classes. Of the children who were surveyed by PALS in 2001 and who had some form of activity limitation, the majority (85,200 or 55%) attended regular classes in a regular school setting (Chart 2).

    • How Many Children Have A Reported Disability?
    • Access to Special Education Services
    • Parental Perceptions of The School Environment
    • Achievement of Students with Disabilities
    • Conclusion

    Based on data from PALS, it was estimated that 155,000 Canadian children between the ages of 5 and 14, or 4% of all children in this age group, had some form of activity limitation reported in 2001.2The proportion of children with a reported disability varied somewhat by province, ranging from 2.5% in Quebec to 4.8% in Nova Scotia and Alberta. Sinc...

    Parents responding to the PALS were asked to offer one or more reasons why they were experiencing difficulties in accessing special education. In each province, an insufficient level of staffing or services was the most commonly reported reason for experiencing such difficulties. Nationally, 75% of parents reported this reason; 47% reported difficu...

    Overall, parents of children in Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, and Manitoba were significantly more likely than the national average to agree that schools were challenging their children to meet their potential (78%, 81%, 78%, and 77%, respectively). While 74% of all parents thought their child was being challenged to meet...

    On the reading test, students with reported physical disabilities scored only slightly lower than students without disabilities. However, there was a substantial gap in performance between students with reported cognitive/emotional disabilities and those with no disabilities. The average reading score for students with cognitive/emotional disabilit...

    In every province, close to one-third of parents of children with disabilities reported difficulty in receiving special education services. The proportion was highest in Ontario, where the largest number of children with disabilities lived in 2001. It should be noted that children with disabilities were as likely to receive professional assessments...

  3. The information provided is for anyone who has a child or loved one with autism, intellectual disability or another disability, who is or will be attending school in Canada. The toolkit is meant to be a resource to better understand your child’s rights and needs to a publicly-funded education.

  4. The right to education of a child with a disability is protected by mul-tiple pieces of international legislation on human dignity and the need to re-spect diverse needs.

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  5. Apr 29, 2014 · Article 24 of the CRPD prohibits discrimination against children with disabilities and mandates the right to inclusive education. This provision is focused on removing barriers to participation in typical classrooms in public schools and thus promotes inclusion in the community and society as a whole.

  6. Nov 29, 2015 · Children with mild visual or hearing problems, speech impairments or mild intellectual disabilities could spend at least some time in regular classes. But those who were totally deaf or had...

  7. Students with disabilities are entitled to attend school up to the age of 21 years. The Special Needs Advisory Committee provides information on resources within the Central Québec School Board and support for parents with children with special needs

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