Russia’s special-needs dilemma

Tight funds may restrict children with special needs from education in mainstream schools.

Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, disabled, disablities, special needs

Activists in Russia insist children with special needs should receive an education in mainstream public schools. 

But it is an expensive exercise that some schools cannot afford to provide.

That reaction has angered campaigners who say hundreds of thousands of children with special needs will become increasingly marginalised.

Al Jazeera’s Neave Barker reports from Moscow.

Source: Al Jazeera