Cerebral Palsy

"We do not segregate for the benefit of the disabled."Kunc said the best way to educate students with special needs is by fully integrating them into the education process."No matter how good of a swimming instructor you are, you can't teach someone to swim in the parking lot of a swimming pool," Kunc joked.

He said disabled students need to be part of the classroom, where they can witness appropriate behaviors and model them.Early in his education, Kunc was enrolled in a speech therapy class.

He had been petitioning school administrators for enrollment in a regular high school and informed his speech therapist of this desire."What's the point of speaking clearly if you have no friends to speak to?

" Kunc asked jokingly.After his enrollment in a regular high school, Kunc said through interaction with other students his speech improved dramatically.

"Segregation undermined my ability to take something like speech therapy and apply it in a regular environment," he said.

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Christchurch's Union Rowing Club has been approved to start training disabled athletes in specially-adapted single sculling boats as part of a two-year pilot which is expected to be used as a model for other clubs.

Endacott's rowing coach, Adrian Henning, said he would help Endacott train for the Beijing Paralympics in September next year, as rowing had just been accepted as a sport for the games.

Endacott would train for the World Rowing Championships in Germany this August, which would in turn qualify him for the Para-lympics.

"All Gary's sports have been about personal achievement.

"This is a way for him to wear the silver fern and, hopefully, stand on a podium to hear the national anthem for New Zealand," Henning said.

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Construction on the new playground will begin this summer and it will be finished before the next school year.

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