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Handout 3: Definition of Inclusion*

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The Division of Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children defines inclusion as:

a value that supports the right of all children, regardless of their diverse abilities, to participate actively in natural settings within their communities. A natural setting is one in which the child would spend time had he or she not had a disability. Such settings include but are not limited to home and family, play groups, child care, nursery schools, Head Start programs, kindergartens, and neighborhood school classrooms.

*Reprinted with permission from Division of Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children. 1993. Position on Inclusion. Reston, Va.: Division of Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children.





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