The guiding principle that informs the Framework for Action on Special Needs Education is that: "...schools should accommodate all children regardless of their physical, intellectual, social, emotional, linguistic or other conditions."
The White Paper on Education, Charting our Education Future, sets out the Government's policy for the provision of suitable education services for pupils with a disability in either special educational facilities or in an integrated environment.
The fundamental objective of the commitment in the White Paper is to ensure to the maximum possible extent that all children with disabilities will have access to suitably resourced education services in their own area and within the ordinary school system. The degree to which integration can be achieved will depend on the specific and evolving capacities of the individual children concerned.