Arts programs help kids with disabilities dramatically. Having the involvement of integrating children with disabilities and children without into the same arts programs, gives them a chance to get to know each other and interact with one another. This allows the “normal” children a chance to get a better understanding of children with disabilities, by giving them an opportunity to teach the disabled kids how they interact with art, music and theatre. Music especially helps with disabled children because they are able to have self-expression easier, their communication skills develop more, and they are able to interact with the music better than another medium (Kim, Wigram, & Gold, 2008). The purpose of this research is to demonstrate that arts programs should integrate disabled children so it can promote inclusion, increase normalization, and develop collaboration between youth groups.
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(Odom, Buysse, & Soukakou, 2011). This is extremely important for children with disabilities because due to some of their types of disabilities, the “normal” children may leave them out of the particular activity, or act rudely towards them, due to know understand that they are different from them. Inclusion is able to benefit children with and without disabilities. (Odom, Buysse, & Soukakou, 2011). It can help both children with and without disabilities because they both have to engage in the activities together (Odom, Buysse, & Soukakou, 2011), and they are able to develop friendships in the inclusive setting like their art program (Odom, Buysse, & Soukakou, 2011), reducing isolation (Impact of the Arts on Canadian Life). It has also been shown that programs that use peer buddy interaction have some success in facilitating a positive social relationship between children with and without disabilities.
(Odom, Buysse, & Soukakou, 2011). This is extremely important for children with disabilities because due to some of their types of disabilities, the “normal” children may leave them out of the particular activity, or act rudely towards them, due to know understand that they are different from them. Inclusion is able to benefit children with and without disabilities. (Odom, Buysse, & Soukakou, 2011). It can help both children with and without disabilities because they both have to engage in the activities together (Odom, Buysse, & Soukakou, 2011), and they are able to develop friendships in the inclusive setting like their art program (Odom, Buysse, & Soukakou, 2011), reducing isolation (Impact of the Arts on Canadian Life). It has also been shown that programs that use peer buddy interaction have some success in facilitating a positive social relationship between children with and without disabilities.