Tolerance? This has nothing to do with tolerance. I don't tolerate disabled because I accept them as fellow man. Who is implying their is pain in dealing with them at their side? UN has no idea what they are talking about. I think they need special needs programs in regular schools. They go to other classes that can give them the extra time and skills needed where they wouldn't interrupt other activities yet they'd be amongst their other classmates. The United States has these programs. They also have private schools that only deal with disabilities. Following the UN advice is ill conceived. I being disabled from the army know a little how they feel. Russia needs more accessibility for people with mobility issues. Having a someone with a learning or developmental disorder in the same class room being taught by the same teacher will harm all students. You either leave the disabled student behind or you slow the other children down. I think the way United States has special classrooms in their schools is the right path. But Parents, do not fool yourselves. There are always cruel children anywhere around the world. The proper development and raising children should be a priority because they're the nations future. They are our real Gold. So to take this topic lightly is no joke.

Artyom Why does very mentioning of the need to integrate disable people invoke so much feeling in you? Have you forgotten the moral lesson that Hitler wanted to rid the world of "unfit races" and people and as a result 30M Soviet people dead in WII? How has the Soviet treated the millions more who were maimed and made disable by that devastating war? Russia needs to overcome this sick policy of segregation and separation of people with varying degrees of disability. Russia has a long way to go to bring about the full integration of people with disability into mainstream society. Despite the the fact that devastating WII has created millions of people with disabilities in the Soviet Union, today Russia’s social infrastructure in Russia's biggest city, Moscow, show little evidence of including people with disability. In Moscow, traffic crossing are dangerous and drivers show little respect for people crossing traffic stops-including children and the elderly. Instilling tolerance of children with disabilities to non-disable children at a young age will translate into broader tolerance of difference in Russian society. This is step in the right direction. It is also good step since it is coming from within the Russian society rather than responding to pressure from outside.

Artyom +1 I've attended a school myself and know there are a lot of kids that would tease the disabled and make hell out of their lives. Special schools are needed throughout the country.