This means that schools states and programs alike that offer services to students do not extend their education beyond the first ten years of their life. In saying this these students (WD) do not have access to things like inclusion classes that offer a structured way for children with disabilities to experience social interactions with their peers. Being able to look at the impacts and implications of all social situation allows for a full picture of the available information surrounding the issue of social interaction and relationships of students with disabilities and those of average ability. Looking deeper into the school system it can be found that elective classrooms such as music. In the article Enhancing Social Competence in the music Classroom by Lori Gooding the benefits of elective class rooms are evaluated to add to the idea that the current education system structures elective classrooms in a way that benefits and harms the social relationships of students with disabilities. She points out that Because of disability specific deficits that lead few interactions with peers and or difficulty establishing meaningful relationships ( Bellini,2004;Boo & Prins,2006;Milson & Glanville,2009) also children with disabilities have a greater risk of having poor social …show more content…
This particular study concluded that students with disabilities are less likely to attend post secondary school going further it could be pinpointed from the research that rehabilitation and guidance counselors are 23 percent less that that if students of average ability in relation to students with intellectual disabilities. In respect to students with other disabilities there is a deficit of about 32 percent (2014). In a similar study done by Siperstein,Click and Parker it was found that majority of students children without intellectual disabilities made at least one new friend with another child with intellectual disability. When looked at closer it could be found that this study was able to conclude that recreational programs make it easier for students to to build perceptions of similarity allowing for with and without disabilities to build relationships based on the measurement of “playtime” and overall “liking” for children (2009,pg.98) to With this set up it can be seen that there isa need for more programs like these to help students take part an adequate education system which was defined by Goodling as one of the best places to foster social