Commingle children?

Hello,

CAn we say that we "commingle children" (talking about handicapped children and non handicapped one.

thanks!

Hello,
You say it, it might well be understood, but I don't think you to say it.
1. "Mingle" already contains the meaning, the "co(m)" is redundant.
2. If it existed it would be "comingle" (perhaps hyphenated).

It depends on what you want to say. It might be, "We bring handicapped and non-handicapped children together", or "We allow. . . children to mix with each other."

A few things here:
I don't know what this is for, but if you're writing for a North American audience, we don't say 'handicapped children' -- it is more politically correct to say "children with special needs". This may be the case in the UK too but I wouldn't know.
When referring to children without handicaps, we would likely say "typical children" or "typically-developing children".

Regarding the phrase you're constructing: If you could give broader context for what you're talking about, that would help.

When talking about, for example, a classroom with mostly typical children, where you bring in a child with special needs, we would say the children with special needs are being "integrated" into the classroom. Whenever it involves a situation that was initially built for typical children, we typically talk about "integration" for children with special needs.

Other than that, I would need to better understand the context to help. But I wouldn't say "commingle".

ETA: "We allow. . . children to mix with each other." works. As well as just "We allow. . . children to mix."

"Handicapped" is perfectly politically correct here in Ireland, but in any case, discussions of political correctness are off-topic on this thread.

The noun-turned-to-verb to mainstream is often used in the U.S. for bringing children with special needs into regular classrooms - that is, into the mainstream of the educational process.