INCLUSION: A BIRTH RIGHT Education is the most important factor for the social and economic development of any country. It builds human capital by producing informed and productive citizens. Education creates opportunities for marginalized and socioeconomically disadvantaged communities to become more adjusted and productive citizens. People with disabilities are still at a serious disadvantage in terms of access to education in many parts of the world, especially in Pakistan. The World Health Organization (WHO, 1981) indicates that 10% of the population has some type of disability, such as visual impairment, hearing impairment, mental retardation, physical disability, learning difficulty or multiple disabilities. Of these, only 2% have access to institutional facilities. If children with disabilities are to gain their rightful place in the community, they should be offered choices, opportunities and status on par with children attending mainstream school. INCLUSIVE EDUCATION Segregated educational settings often alienate special populations. child in relation to other children in the neighborhood. Although special education in a segregated environment helps them acquire knowledge and skills at their own level, this negatively affects their ability to associate with other children in a regular school environment. It therefore becomes difficult for these children to adapt to life in mainstream society as adults. Inclusive education has evolved as a movement to challenge these exclusionary policies and practices. It has gained momentum over the past twenty years and has become the most effective approach to meeting the learning needs of all students in schools and mainstream classrooms. ..... The experience of someone joining a group and having to conform to that group's standards is a very different experience than that of belonging to a group where you are accepted just as you are. In an inclusive context, participants are not only accepted as equals, but also contribute as equals. In fact, if students with disabilities are included in the neighborhood mainstream school from kindergarten onwards, disabilities will simply be accepted as part of life. CONCLUSION When students with disabilities are part of mainstream schools, mainstream students will have the opportunity to learn about them. This increased mutual interaction results in greater acceptance of similarities and differences, thus improving the lives of all students, which will then impact the wider community as they leave school and take their place in society..