Many years ago a parent asked us to accept her son who had down syndrome into our school environment. She wanted him to have some social interaction outside of the home, this was new for us .All the teachers including the administrator was included in a meeting with the parent. It was a challenged for staff, as this child was still in pampers and the teachers were concern about him stooling or wetting his clothes more often than the other children who were toilet trained. 

The parent explained that she does not live far away from the school and would come once she is needed. some parents were concern about this child being among their children and  some teachers still wondered if we made the right decision. another teacher and myself  encouraged them to allow the child to continue school. we even had to speak with parents who displayed negative attitudes toward the child. In the end all staff members and students were helping the new student of his time with us he started counting and recognizing his name, walking up and down the step( a task that difficult for him before), he also learnt about  routines and following them.