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This dissertation explores that thesis by first presenting rich descriptions of instances of the experience of integration as it naturally occurs in recreation situations and then subjecting them to phenomenological processes in order to reveal the structure of the experience as it is lived and understood by the participant.","Because of differential taken for granted realities, inclusion of mentally retarded children into regular recreation/play settings requires mainstreamed mentally retarded persons to employ various interpretive strategies in order to even hope to fit into, and become a part of, the mainstreamed group.","These interpretive strategies are to either withdraw or attempt to prove self. Withdrawal, often the easiest response, is often the least employed response. There are two kinds of withdrawal: (1) episodic; (2) general. 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