ABSTRACT
This chapter prioritizes the voices and experiences of Scott and Graham McDonald, brothers from Reporoa, a small, largely agricultural community in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand. Like Scott and Graham, their rural-based peers also had to negotiate the pull and the push of rural life. The social construction of Scott held by disability employment specialists was profoundly different to that which his family held. Sometimes perceived as a disadvantage of rural communities, a lack of choice with regard to schooling can, as it did in the case of Scott and Graham, inadvertently open the door to a more inclusive educational experience. The specialist educational supports that Jane and Kevin were concerned that Scott might lose by moving out of segregated education were more than compensated for through his exposure to teachers who were committed to him being fully included in all aspects of school life.
