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The Causes Of Social Exclusion

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Marginalisation has manifest in distancing people with disability from majority of society, in separated institutions and excluded from wider social opportunities (Hall, 2010). Professionals therefore need to focus more on including individuals in social interactions, this is where teachers can be part of the process in effectively educating children. It is suggested that each person wants to participate effectively in life and in doing so it keeps people healthy and happy (Phelan, 2011). A studied identified the causes of social exclusion was discrimination and prejudice, lack of education and employment opportunities, and systems and structures that permitted the marginalisation of the needs and interests of people with disability. Social constructs are made, excluding individuals that don’t fit into the “nondisabled” view of participating in life (Phelan, 2011). It is important to consider the context in which such norms have been constructed, as they are also situated in a particular historical and temporal period (Phelan, 2011). Prior research recognizes the importance to people with disabilities of feeling excluded from activities (Goodrich, & Ramsey, 2013). Although exclusion can be related to social activism, it is a relatively independent factor which may or may not be related to the other disability factors, depending on the individual (Goodrich, & Ramsey, 2013). Those with a physical disability, either as a result of poor accessibility to activities or from being

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