To know whether the idea of inclusion is light and insight or smoke and mirrors, the following questions must be answered. If the increase has not occurred, some recommendations will be given for ideas to increase inclusion. To know whether inclusion has occurred, the word itself must first be defined. Inclusion means affiliations, involvement, comprehension, embracement, incorporation, embodiment, admission, and reception. Inclusion means inviting those who have been left out in anyway to come in and asking them to help design new systems that encourage every person to participate to the fullness of their ability.
Inclusion is how people deal with diversity, with difference, with their own frailty and mortality.
Inclusion encourages introspection of individual values. By acting on these values, inclusion becomes the reality and not the ideal. To reach true inclusion, many barriers must first be removed. The most apparent barriers to people with disabilities deal with architectural designs and communications styles. But, by far, the most disruptive barrier appears to be societal attitudes.