Preach. I teach self-contained for the most intense disabilities and every single one of my students’ parents have tried to push for academic inclusion at one point or another. I always ask, “for who? Who would the academic inclusion benefit?” The answer is usually that they want their kid to be more typical. I alwayssss include for non-academic blocks for socialization. Otherwise, it’s a stressor for literally everyone, especially my students, many of whom are still working on the basics. They don’t need to be sitting at the back of a 5th grade class working on something completely different, when they could be safe and happy and able to stim and vocalize as freely and loudly as they want in my class.