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\nUniversity of Toronto, Canada  \nABSTRACT  \nThe education system in Ontario is created to exclude Disabled people and other marginalized groups. Instead of building an environment for disabled students to thrive, they are instead viewed as incapable and as a burden on the system. Under the current special education model, disabled students are segregated instead of included. Exclusion of disabled students impacts not only the students butfamilies and educators as well. Drawing on the works of several researchers, this paper will examine the history of special education in Ontario, the challenges currently faced by disabled students, and the current policies and planning surrounding inclusion. Recommendations for future planning will also be given.  \nBACKGROUND  \n“Inclusion is not just inviting someone to sit at your table. It is believing they belong there”(Carella, 2024) . The above quote is from a disability advocate and mother. As it pertains to the issue of exclusion of students, Carella (2024) sheds light on the issue of exclusion of disabled and marginalized students within the Ontario education system.  \nThe works of several authors will support the discussion of this paper in stating that the current model of education in which disabled and marginalized students have to operate creates many barriers, one that does not include disabled and marginalized students but instead excludes them. Carella (2024) provides a formula for educators and schools to guide them toward understanding what inclusion entails and to recognize that their current teaching practices are exclusive and need to be changed to become inclusive. In stating that “inclusion isn’t just inviting someone to sit atthe table,” Carrella (2024) illustrates what is being practiced within the current education model known as “special education,” where educators and schools are inviting disabled and marginalized students without ensuring that disabled and marginalized student do feel that they belong and the education is meeting their needs, but instead, assuming that the current education model is sufficient in meeting the needs of disabled and marginalized students. According to Slee (2018),“Inclusive education isn’t dead, it just smells funny”(Slee, 2018, p.1) . This exclusion affects not only students but also the families and educators working with them to educate and advocate for them. Educators face many challenges when working to provide quality education for disabled and marginalized students in the K-12 education system. These challenges include limited resources to develop their teaching material to support those with diverse learning styles, educators often face barriers when explaining their lack of control over the standards and practices of special education, and among the biggest challenges faced by teachers is the lack of training teachers have on disability and working with disabled students given that the implementation of knowledge of disability in current teacher education programs in Ontario is little to none McCrimmon, A. W. (2015) . Students with disabilities and students who are marginalized are negatively impacted by the current structure of the K-12 education system. They are excluded in many aspects of the decision-making process in their educational journeys, including their educational placement (Munuk et al., 2024) . Disabled  \nEducational Planning | Summer 2025 107 Vol. 32, No. 3  \nstudents lose their self-esteem as a result of constantly having their abilities questioned as learners within a classroom. Incorporating the words of Carella (2024) as the basis of this paper, this paper will discuss the history of special education in Ontario; this paper will provide statistics on IEPs, the article will go on to discuss the statements made about inclusive and accessible education in the Policy on Accessible Education for ","cbCaimiiUxJZXGGP","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimiiUxJZXGGP","pdf",193696,"English","# Abstract\n# Background\n## Inclusion vs. exclusion in Ontario\n## Challenges for K-12 educators\n# A Note about Terminologies\n## People-first vs. identity-first language\n## Inclusive vs. exclusive education definitions","[{\"question\":\"How does the paper describe the Ontario education system’s approach to disabled students?\",\"answer\":\"It argues the system is structured to exclude disabled and marginalized students, treating them as incapable or a burden rather than building an environment where they can belong and succeed.\"},{\"question\":\"What challenges do educators face when supporting disabled and marginalized students?\",\"answer\":\"The paper highlights limited resources for teaching materials, barriers related to limited control over special education standards and practices, and insufficient teacher training on disability and inclusive work in K-12 settings.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper define and differentiate terminology related to disability and inclusion?\",\"answer\":\"It explains people-first language versus disabled/Disabled identity-first framing, and notes that inclusive education lacks one universal definition while referencing UNESCO (1994) for inclusion.\"}]","INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN ONTARIO CANADA - An Overview | PDF",1792095907,25]