What kind of disabilities are you talking about? Physical disabilities, or emotional and cognitive disabilities?
My mother was a special education teacher - her students had emotional and cognitive disabilities. While she taught inside of a normal elementary school, she was really in a school-within-a-school. All of her students had emotional disabilities, and they had a separate staff and reporting structure than the rest of the school.
Some emotionally disabled kids can go into general education later on, but not all of them can.
Now, physically disabled students is a different matter entirely. They have the same emotional and cognitive abilities as everyone else. I think they should be in the same classes, and the general educational system should accommodate them.
My mother was a special education teacher - her students had emotional and cognitive disabilities. While she taught inside of a normal elementary school, she was really in a school-within-a-school. All of her students had emotional disabilities, and they had a separate staff and reporting structure than the rest of the school.
Some emotionally disabled kids can go into general education later on, but not all of them can.
Now, physically disabled students is a different matter entirely. They have the same emotional and cognitive abilities as everyone else. I think they should be in the same classes, and the general educational system should accommodate them.