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It really does seem like mainstreaming has only helped the small percentage of dhh folks who are either really high achiever types, (who very often are the kids who would have acheived any way....even before 1975, there were dhh kids who did really well mainstream!) or they are relatively late deafened. Mainstreaming it's too fucking easy for kids to fall through the cracks. Heck, sped kids aren't the only kids who are underacheiving........believe it or not, GIFTED kids often underacheive! So what that means, is that a public school tends to be targeted to that Mythical Average Learner.
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