Every role is important! High School students rehearse the play Fiddler on the Roof

Even the agencies with the best inclusive service practices and a welcoming atmosphere can be intimidating to a person with a disability. Through better understanding the barriers faced by individuals with disabilities and the challenges that these barriers present, managers can provide staff with training that will optimize their ability to work with program participants. Inclusion requires teamwork, involving all parties both in and outside the agency to not only collaborate on ideas to help participants overcome challenges they may face, but also to collaborate on program and facilitation strategies in order to bring about optimal services. While recognizing the need to include individuals with disabilities in programs and the challenges associated with this need is a step in moving toward full inclusive services, true inclusion can not be attained without system change.