The Americans with Disabilities Act and Unruh Civil Rights Act demands reasonable accommodations of inclusion. Whitney Young has taken great steps to include individuals with disabilities into our program; it is Whitney Young's belief that reasonable accommodations just aren't enough.

In 1969, Whitney Young was recognized as becoming the first school in the nation for mainstreaming low-income handicapped children. Whitney Young has mainstreamed children with disabilities, both mental and physical, mild and severe, in our centers for over 40 years Disabled children are given the same opportunities to participate in all programs available at our centers as well as our arts-based curriculum; exposure they would otherwise not receive. All children are treated as equals in our centers.

It is the responsibility of SFUSD to provide free appropriate public education programs in the least restrictive environment for all students with disabilities. The continuum of program options include general education classes, designated instruction and services, resource specialist services, special classes, special schools, non-public nonsectarian school services, and instruction at home, in hospitals, and in other institutions as required by law.

CLICK HERE to view the services offered by the SFUSD. Whitney Young works closely with public schools to address the needs for children in our before and after school programs.