I'll be the first to admit that I am not sure what the answer is to that. My day-to-day work is designing interventions with kids with disabilities, so I'll be the first one to admit that I am not as familiar with what would be the best way to go with regard to a reform.
That said, I can see an option being some kind of melding of the two worlds. Why can't we have experts figure out what could be the best solution, then pose those options to citizens?