Written after thirty years of experience, Inclusion: The Dream and the Reality in Special Education, chronicles inspiring, insightful and even hilarious efforts to include students with disabilities in public schools. Can a faith healer cure autism? Why would a child eat a cigarette? What can the police do for a child who sucked his lips inside a soda can? Inclusion: The Dream and the Reality in Special Education reveals how these and other problems have been addressed by caring teachers from institutions to self-determination. If you have ever wondered what happens behind closed doors in special education, this is the book for you.