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Perhaps it's because many teachers do support such laws and the idea of mainstreaming along with IEPS. Not everyone wants to go back to the dark ages where we simply hid what we didn't like or didn't want to deal with behind
closed doors. Would it make teaching easier - I actually wonder????
Who would decide who is special ed material and who isn't. Would we look at specific medical guidelines, psychologists reports? What about the parents who refuse testing. The FAS children whom testing is not available for, the children who can learn fine but have physical disabilities. The list is endless. Then

we can go into those with problems like dyslexia, colour blindness, poor hearing.

There is no easy answer or solution - but simply whining about it doesn't solve things either. I've worked at schools where the process is like a well-oiled machine. Teachers both general ed and special ed work together as a team to meet the needs of all children. If your school is not doing this, then do some research, visit some schools where good things are happening, advocate for proper funding for special education as well as proper testing. You have the power to change things in the small corner of your world.