Ouch! Either I have misinterpreted what you just said, John, or I don't agree with what you just said -- ESPECIALLY because you talked about excluding people who cannot benefit from participating in the CLASSROOM setting. There may be practical aspects (hands-on tasks) that someone with a disability cannot perform), but it is hard to think of individuals with disabilities who don't have the right to BE in the classroom. Unless, perhaps, you are talking about students with limited cognitive abilities -- and those students are not otherwise qualified students with disabilities. Dr. Jane Jarrow