Sciences disciplines and School for all, a challenge

Scientific disciplines represent a particularly interesting field of study for the education of young people, including those with disabilities. The idea of developing science education for students with disabilities has been around since the 1990s and has gradually taken on the connotations of inclusive education. Inclusive science has also become a topic of academic research on school practices. Around inclusive science there is a shared view among school teachers worldwide that it is a discipline that should be taught. Teachers require support and teamwork in order to best develop inclusive science projects. However, some systematic literature points to some critical issues: in particular, the difficulty of developing inclusive science projects with children and young people with more complex disabilities. This work stems from our participation as a research group within the European Horizon project (2020-2023). Community for science, the aim of which is to disseminate the idea of inclusive science in the educational community and civil society, but also to identify forms, procedures and tools for science to be a learning discipline for all, including young people with more complex disabilities.