Parents now "less tolerant of disabled children in same class" (Independent, 20/1/2012)
MORE than one in five people say they would object if a pupil with an intellectual disability or autism was in the same class as their child.
The disturbing statistic marks a growing level of intolerance of these children in the education system.
Just one in 12 said they would object when a similar study was carried out in 2006.
The findings of the survey of attitudes to people with a disability, released yesterday, also reveal almost one in four would not want a pupil with a mental health problem -- like psychiatric illnesses -- in the same class as their child, up from 21pc in 2006.
Just 48pc believe that children with sensory impairments such as deafness should attend the same schools as people with disabilities, down from 58pc in 2006.
