Inclusion means being welcomed, included and involved - it opens the way to belonging.
Inclusion is sometimes seen as a radical response the end of specialist support and services. In reality, work towards inclusion, can happily co-exist alongside special and specific services. It is an invitation to a social life. Looking back a few years, exactly the same levels of fear were raised when people talked about inclusion of people of colour, of women and people with different sexual preferences. Fortunately, attitudes have changed over time and the experiences of living in a multicultural society have eroded many of the myths about difference.