This academic paper examines the goals of inclusive postsecondary education for students with intellectual disabilities, within the context of a broader political movement, that of inclusive community living, and explores the limitations of a rights discourse as the foundation for advocacy and social change. The author deconstructs the "othering" of persons with disabilities, exposes the separate special education system as a form of institutional exclusion and oppression, and asserts that full inclusion is possible through modifications and adaptations to curriculum and instruction.
