Preliminary data regarding the perceptions of school life among 75 physically impaired mainstreamed pupils and a norm group of children learning in regular classrooms are presented. Scores on the Israeli Quality of School Life scale suggest differences and similarities among extremely short, diabetic, and orthopedically impaired pupils. In general, physically impaired mainstreamed pupils show levels of satisfaction with school comparable to those of the norm group.
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