Wrong Response

This is a video response to one of UpDownMostly's recent videos about a teacher allowing her students to vote whether to allow a boy to stay in her class. When you're the parent of a disabled child, and you spend a good part of your week advocating for your child, you learn a lot. I went through all that starting 15 years ago, and that's how I formed all my opinions. I also have two relatives with Aspburgers Syndrome.

To get an idea of what autism is like from the point of view of an autistic woman, please visit her channel:

http://www.youtube.com/silentmiaow

Category:

Education

Tags:

• autism
• aspberger's
• syndrome
• wrong
• action
• in
• school
• room
• accommodating
• disabled
• people

[landyachtfan79]

PERFECT RESPONSE! I have Spina Bifida & I think it is of the utmost impotance to educate, educate, EDUCATE! That does not mean yo uget intto all the gory details, but it is my belief that the child understands about a physical or mental disability, the better prepared he/she will be to deal with it if they were to encounter a person with one.

[genmama1955]

@landyachtfan79 Exactly!

[genmama1955]

@genmama1955 BTW, I found out that Amanda Baggs was totally mis-representing autism. Google Amanda Baggs controversy. Doing something like what she did is what gives people false interpretation of autism. It un-educates people.

[genmama1955]

@hrg22 This was a public school, therefore they received federal funding. There were more than 30 employees in the school district. Therefore, there was a violation. By the way, the school district fired all the teachers and principal and assistant principal the summer after that year, so the whole school was full of inadequate teachers.

[hrg22]

@genmama1955 I do not believe that there was an ADA violation on the teachers part. The school is required to provide reasonable accommodations for disabled students. The teachers job is to develop a education plan prior to the beginning of the school year or track. That plan is approved by the school who is responsible to prohibitively assure that all federal, state and local laws are abide by. The teacher was wrong and action must be taken but there were no ADA violations. I have 4 kids.

[genmama1955]

@hrg22 The teacher broke the law (Americans With Disabilities Act, Title II) when she failed to accommodate the child in her classroom. She is required by law to give reasonable accommodation to the child. The child, I'm sure, had been assessed, placed at his level, and probably spent time with a special education teacher every day. The school should have provided an aide for the child. Thank you for taking an interest in this subject. Do you have kids? Just asking.

[hrg22]

What laws were broken? I thank that the kid in question belongs in special education, not in a classroom with "normal" kids. Perhaps eugenics is the best answer. We can nip this whole asspie thing in the bud now.

[CharlieTeague]

@cne08

I know, it's not fair.

[feelinda]

Insightful & wise. Where I teach, an aide will accompany a special needs child into the regular education class & be there to help him or her, as well as help other children. It's a win-win situation. Also, If a regular education child has a meltdown, hitting, defiance, screaming, biting,whatever, the principal is there in an instant, to support the teacher AND the student. Teaching is a tough job, but I feel lucky every day to have support like that as I teach kindergarten.

[genmama1955]

Exactly. Thanks for watching and thanks for your comment!

[debswildhoney]

I agree in unity. Segregation is not the answer. Teachers aid is a better model. Information and education is key. Bullying is a big enough problem for "normal" kids and even more damaging for a child with disabilities. Great video.