Why when a 'legally blind' student diagnosed with autism addresses a school board asking for resources does it become almost man bites dog journalism triggering triple digit on-line comments? special-needs student asks school board for the tools 'I need to become a successful learner'
Comments explode when suggested that sports funding be cut back in order to cover costs of special education.
A sampling of the nearly 200 voices from the South Central Pennsylvania village it takes to raise a child:
“to the people who want to take money from sports to pay for special needs equipment, "Bite Me!" … go to a school and see how they are pampered and what they are provided”
“Just because you have a kid with a disability doesn't mean you get a nice "check" every month. … If this was your child, you'd be fighting to help him to.”
“I'm against taking money away from the regular kids to throw away on some 20 year old who will never significantly contribute to society or even be self sufficient.”
“you think that we folks with disabilities are just making out in the deal … All it takes is one accident or one illness.”
"Special needs" kids already get far more than their share of the pie. Money is tight, learn to cope".
“It is the law that special education be accommodated. However sometimes there are parents that are never satisfied and give those other parents a bad reputation”.
Sadly as taxpayers become an endangered species with an unemployment rate above 9% contrasted to 4.4% just four years ago, banks expect to foreclose on 1.5 million homes this year, and skyrocketing health insurance costs are preventing increasing families from affording health insurance much less health care - discussions and debate over “special” needs too quickly turn to discord and to disconnect.
Through two decades of Multiple Sclerosis caregiving I have learned that “legally blind” unquestionably complicates any diagnosis. Yet ‘emotionally blind’ confounds far worse both those who care more and those who care less.
Descending into discordia - no one wins.
Related: Teen Autism Caregiving
Caregivingly Yours, Patrick Leer
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Oh, how UGLY were those comments! Hard to believe! Heartbreaking.
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