eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2333-4770 2014-12-14 2 12B 22 27 10.12691/education-2-12B-5 EDUCATION2014212B5 article Tamara Bondar tamara_bondar@yahoo.com 1 Department of Higher Education Pedagogy and Educational Management, Bohdan Khmelnytsky Cherkasy National University, Cherkasy, Ukraine The article discusses the legislature in Ukraine that shaped the 'inclusion' trend to provide the disabled children and youth with equal access to education. The article focuses on secondary education system that helps understand the educational setting. It gives an overview of the terms referring to the special needs children. Areas of particular concern include the inclusion of the disabled youth in higher education that is currently lacking the concept. It examines the reasons that hinder 'inclusion' and measures to be taken to improve the situation. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/2/12B/5/education-2-12B-5.pdf children with special needs disabled legislature secondary and higher education