Someone asked yesterday on our "parking lot" how to differentiate for students with special needs while maintaining their dignity. I found a great article about inclusion of autistic students which you can read here but the conclusion was basically that the family's disclosure of the disability, and the teacher's efforts to introduce the student and explain the strengths and weaknesses of the child to the class make an enormous difference on the reaction of classmates. The article also concluded that a teacher's attentiveness to signs of social exclusion of the student are key (so they can intervene in specific instances).
Another article here encourages teachers to approach the students with disabilities to teach them social skills so they can succeed in regular education classrooms. This article also promotes that approach.
P.S.: It seems some of the links aren't working but I'll leave this post up because I summarized the articles anyway.
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