It's so interesting that all of these comments essentially boil down to "we have one system--everybody has to fit the system as it currently exists". Despite all of the hype about differentiation in the regular classroom, my sense is that teachers just don't receive much support for recognizing the uniqueness of each student's learning needs. The more our kids diverge from the norm, the more they threaten the school system's stance that we can treat them all the same and the kids won't rebel (with behaviour outbursts, unhappiness and anxiety, or social adjustment difficulties in the absence of true peers) or challenge the system themselves by asking to have their divergence from the norm recognized.