* Provides an opportunity to develop neighborhood relationships.

* Provides businesses and companies an opportunity to show their commitment to both diversity and employment equity.

* Provides opportunities for persons with disabilities to offer their skills and expertise which are often overlooked or underutilized.

* It helps a company to have employees who come from all parts of society and who are, look, act, and think like the company’s potential customers.

* A diverse workforce can help meet changing consumer demands and emerging niche markets.

* Non-disabled students benefit from learning with and alongside their peers with disabilities. 

* Meets the needs of all students and capitalizes on the natural diversity that occurs in all classrooms.

* Principles of universal design and differentiation guarantee all students receive a challenging, relevant, and inclusive education.

* Inclusive classrooms acknowledge that all students bring a range of experiences, backgrounds, needs, and strengths to the learning environment.

* Builds a strong community in which full inclusion assures every person’s gifts and talents can be fully realized and fully contributed,an outcome that benefits all.

* Affords everyone a sense of belonging to the diverse human family.

* Develops an appreciation for everyone’s unique abilities.

* Develops respect for all diverse characteristics.

* Promotes universal access which, in turn, benefits everyone. 

* Promotes the civil rights of all citizens.

* Maximizes social peace, enhancing our communities and our world.

At first, people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done, then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done, then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago.

- Frances Hodgson Burnett