My son had a down`s syndrome girl in his public gan trom-chova (ages 3-4).
She had an aide part of the time (covered by the city or misrad hachinukh - not sure which)and the rest of the time the teachers had no extra help. Not a single parent said anything negative about it. In fact, most were very happy their kids got to learn how to deal with a child who was a bit different yet the same as them.
For that matter, even now, my son`s afterschool care (private) has a boy who has a physical disability and cannot really walk on his own (at age 4). THe other kids accept him for who he is (though yes, i admit i had to explain to my 4yr old last year that just because the boy crawled, he was not a baby). Again, not a single parent has ever said a word against this boy or his family.
For that matter, my older son had a girl with Cerebal Palsy in his WIZO daycare for several years and again, no one was upset.
So don`t judge the whole country by one group of ignorant parents. |
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