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"Seclusion room" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Seclusion room has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 November 7 § Seclusion room until a consensus is reached. Jay 💬 07:47, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

seclusion room is now a redirects to padded cell I think it should be the it should be the other way around. padded cell should redirect to seclusion room Epsteindidnotkillhimself smith (talk) 19:10, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

changing the name of the padded cell article

the special education article redirects seclusion room to the padded cell article. padded cells are almost always called seclusion rooms and the name of the padded cell article should be changed to seclusion room. 172.56.201.98 (talk) 01:40, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: History of Childhood

This article is currently the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 7 January 2025 and 2 May 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Fishywishy17 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Fishywishy17 (talk) 21:23, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

People first language

I noticed that several times this article states “disabled person”. I changed some of it to students with disabilities. This is placing the individual first not the disability. Sandyn987 (talk) 03:04, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]