The digest focuses on being comfortable around handicapped children and offers suggestions for classroom teachers working with mainstreamed handicapped students. The importance of treating the child as normally as possible is emphasized. Questions of pity are dealt with. Teachers are urged to handle children's frustrations and accomplishments in normal ways; i.e., to provide realistic praise and reinforcement appropriate to the achievement. The question of providing too much help in some instances is raised. Complicating effects of speech and language problems are noted, as are special accommodations for children with specific disabilities (visual impairments, hearing impairments/deafness, mental retardation, and orthopedic impairments). A list of resources available from The Council for Exceptional Children concludes the digest. (CL)