In Scotland educational legislation has traditionally been so lacking in detail and force that authorities in the Regions have been able to interpret the law in widely differing ways — from a Region which pursues a policy of integrating handicapped children into the educational mainstream to another which continues to build separate special schools for the handicapped. The paper describes the developments in the Regions and draws comparisons with the United States practice. A call is made for more positive governmental guidance in Scotland than is currently the case.
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