Comments on: S to the C to the A to the M http://unworthybum.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/s-to-the-c-to-the-a-to-the-m/ Texas, Special Education, Your Money Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:44:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Unworthy Bum http://unworthybum.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/s-to-the-c-to-the-a-to-the-m/#comment-337 Unworthy Bum Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:38:53 +0000 http://unworthybum.wordpress.com/?p=1034#comment-337 This isn't Texas finding innovative ways to discriminate against disabled children. It's a problem in other states, as well, and you know how people talk. The difference is that it's being addressed firmly in other states. From the 2007 Missouri Blue Ribbon Panel on Autism: Eligibility: All public education programs for special education students contain eligibility criteria. IDEA Part B allows school districts to determine eligibility of students for services. Although students may already have received a formal medical diagnosis of ASD, some districts insist on performing their own assessment to determine eligibility for services, which is often labeled an “educational diagnosis.” Some parents and providers testified that they view the educational diagnosis as a bureaucratic method for the school district to deny services to some children. This isn’t Texas finding innovative ways to discriminate against disabled children. It’s a problem in other states, as well, and you know how people talk. The difference is that it’s being addressed firmly in other states.

From the 2007 Missouri Blue Ribbon Panel on Autism:

Eligibility: All public education programs for special education students
contain eligibility criteria. IDEA Part B allows school districts to determine
eligibility of students for services. Although students may already have
received a formal medical diagnosis of ASD, some districts insist on
performing their own assessment to determine eligibility for services, which is often labeled an “educational diagnosis.” Some parents and providers
testified that they view the educational diagnosis as a bureaucratic method for the school district to deny services to some children.

]]> By: Scam is right. http://unworthybum.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/s-to-the-c-to-the-a-to-the-m/#comment-336 Scam is right. Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:40:20 +0000 http://unworthybum.wordpress.com/?p=1034#comment-336 When my child was suffering at the hands of our school district, my child's pediatrician wrote to the school and explained that he could not attend until an appropriate plan was in place. When I kept him home for his own safety (while I tried to work with the school) the school district threatened to file criminal truancy charges against me unless I returned him immediately. He wasn't safe there and the school knew it. They also knew that as good parents, we would not allow our child to be in harm's way. Therefore, we were forced to withdraw him from public school. It is clear that this was the intended goal of the school district and its very aggressive private attorneys. This is happening to countless children and families across Texas. Yes, school districts intentionally run children out of public school and due process is actually used as a weapon against children and parents. The private attorneys and districts are on the same team and their game against our children is funded with our tax dollars. When my child was suffering at the hands of our school district, my child’s pediatrician wrote to the school and explained that he could not attend until an appropriate plan was in place. When I kept him home for his own safety (while I tried to work with the school) the school district threatened to file criminal truancy charges against me unless I returned him immediately. He wasn’t safe there and the school knew it.

They also knew that as good parents, we would not allow our child to be in harm’s way. Therefore, we were forced to withdraw him from public school. It is clear that this was the intended goal of the school district and its very aggressive private attorneys. This is happening to countless children and families across Texas.

Yes, school districts intentionally run children out of public school and due process is actually used as a weapon against children and parents. The private attorneys and districts are on the same team and their game against our children is funded with our tax dollars.

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