This digest defines students with severe handicaps, documents the benefits of integrating students with severe disabilities into regular classrooms, and outlines procedures for facilitating integration. It notes some issues associated with access and scheduling, areas in which additional support might be needed, ways to incorporate information about people with disabilities into the curriculum, ways in which nondisabled students can support integration efforts, and how extracurricular activities can strengthen integration. A list of 10 references concludes the digest. (JDD)