Organization for Inclusion, Acceptance, and Respect

Organization for Inclusion, Acceptance, and Respect

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Inclusion is about learning to live with one another. Inclusion means the act of taking in or comprise as a part of a whole. It is a relation between two classes that exists when all members of the first are also members of the second. Inclusion is everyone, all together, as a united group.

The Organization for Inclusion, Acceptance, and Respect website promotes and informs everyone about the concept of Inclusion. The OIAR focuses on Inclusion as a philosophy that benefits society through education. Inclusion should be a goal of education and the foundation of society, bringing all types of students and people together to create a social or school environment that is based on acceptance, belonging, and a respect for everyone. We all need to learn how to live with each other. Inclusion teaches us how.

Inclusion in education means that all students in a school, regardless of their strengths or weaknesses in any area, become part of the school community. Inclusion is designed to create an educational environment that all can benefit from. It has been proven that inclusion programs lead to positive social outcomes for all involved. Therefore, Inclusion becomes an opportunity and a catalyst in building a better, more humane and democratic society.

It is vitally important for all individuals to help each other achieve equal rights and to advocate towards the advancement of civil rights for all people.

Since the 1960?s we have all been socially divided into smaller and smaller ?individualized? groups. We have been breaking down the barriers that have divided us by race, sex, religion, disability, and national origin. Currently we are dissolving the barriers of sexual orientation and economic status. However, while we have been trying to dissolve those barriers we have been creating new ones. Now, we have sub-divided into smaller social groups like jocks, preps, geeks, goths, techies, punks, gangstas, emos, and the list goes on, as we all know.

While it is always nice to be with people who share our interests, it is also very important that we all recognize that we are all living beings who all share the same planet. We can all come together. Inclusion and diversity go hand in hand. Inclusive practices will nurture the acceptance of all individuals, which in turn will lead to the respect of all living beings.

Politically, as a united group we can work towards everyone?s goals. In America, we gained and then lost more civil rights then any other nation at any other time in history. It is time to get those rights back and make sure everyone shares equal rights. It is extremely important for everyone to understand that when one group?s rights are challenged and decreased, everyone?s rights are challenged and decreased. This is why it is so important for everyone to take action to help those whose rights are being violated. Those who wish to eliminate the rights of individuals tend to pick on the individuals who have the least political power. As a united group there are no individuals who have less political power. Inclusion will help us achieve this goal and goals that seemed impossible in the past.

"I have learned that in order to bring about change, one must take the first step, or else it will not be done." ~Rosa Parks

"If we are to achieve a richer culture... we must weave one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place." ~Margaret Mead

"Neither status not wealth matters as much as your support. The simple fact is that you - the parent - are the most powerful advocate your child will ever have." ~Anne Ford

Quick Questions and Answers about Inclusion.

James Ansley's paper on Inclusion.