Access to educational opportunities for children with learning disabilities

What counts as the heart of access to educational opportunities for children with learning disabilities depends on the context in which the issue is viewed. Globally, there can be little doubt that addressing proverty and international debt would make most differenance. On a more local basis, while proverty remains the single most important factor, physical factors, location attitudes, curriculum and the nature of the individuals disabilities are also important in facilitating or impeding access. This paper concludes that the greatest danger lies in oversimplifying the issues and concentrating on some problems to the neglect of others. Further progress can best be achived through taking seriously the nature and complexity of the barriers to access, especially for children with the most severe disabilities. [AJ].