Can Children with Down syndrome attend mainstream schools?

Q: Can Children with Down syndrome attend mainstream schools?
A: yes they can, in fact more and more these days children with Down syndrome are attending normal schools.  In the past children with Down syndrome were institutionalised or given very little education as it was assumed that they were not educable. This was far from the truth and with good input and often the presence of a facilitator children with Down syndrome can cope well in a mainstream school and the children in their class benefit from learning to be accommodating and kind to people who are different.  It doesn't mean that all children wit Down syndrome should be in mainstream schools, if the child is drowning in the class and missing out on making friends then it's worth thinking about 'special' schools.