Our judicial system has upheld the rights of all young people, no matter what the severity of their learning problems, to equal treatment, education, and opportunity. It is proving possible to accommodate a broad range of exceptional children in the educational mainstream, with emphasis not on how a child is disabled but on the specific characteristics of his learning abilities and constraints. A central concern is to relate the educational and architectural professions in ways that can deal most productively with the needs of exceptional children and of special education. A few specific guidelines are offered for designing or renovating a facility to accommodate special education. (Author/MLF)