... incurably disabled as if they are somehow not quite human. Disability is viewed as predominantly a personal tragedy requiring medical intervention. This encourages a negative view, focusing on what a person cannot do rather than what they can.'(Beaver et al, 1994, p238) The concern to provide equal opportunities for these children, termed as in educable, was shared not only by the UK but other countries too (DES, 1978). The Act allowed Government to transfer control of SEN to the Local Education Authorities (LEA). This, in turn, in 1974, prompted the creation of the Warnock Committee to better understand the various needs these children had and to identify the strategies required to help them. (Fish 1989) The committee defined common goals and a common purpose for education for all pupils. Although stopping short of recommending entitlements to a common curriculum, which came with the passing of the 1988 Education Reform Act, it recognised ...

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