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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The thing is that we are asking too much of our schools and our teachers. They don’t just have to know their subject matter and how to impart that knowledge, they have to be special ed teachers, they have to be social workers and psychologists, they have to be de facto parents oh and as a society we will undervalue them, second guess them and the parents will harass them. Why would you want your SN child taught by someone who is not a specialist? It would be like having your PCP treat your heart disease. It is a recipe for everyone to be underserved. The SN kids would be better served in an environment that caters to their needs and then look for ways to promote social inclusion on another level. [/quote]

Your entire position is based on your belief that students in special ed, and maybe all people with disabilities, are less valuable than their neutotypical peers.  When you say we are asking too much of the schools and teachers to educate children with disabilities, you give away your bigotry. You are arguing that it is acceptable and better to discriminate against people with disabilities. You are pretending that all students in special ed come in one flavor - the oversized violent almost psychopathic rage filled student represents your entire understandng of special ed. This does not represent most children in special ed. Despite this distinction, even the most disabled student in this country is entitled to an appropriate education. Federal laws make this so. The feds give money to the schools for special ed. Your question re why would parents want their kid taught by someone other than a specialist shows you know nothing about special ed in the public school systems. There are supposed to be specialists in the schools who are knowlegeable enough to help their student population. And btw, I guess you haven't been in a public school lately because most have psychologists and social workers. Teachers have also been acting in those roles for neurotypical children whenever needed. It bugs you if they have to do it for these other children. IDEA is based on the premise that these students will have individualized plans to help them access academic content. The schools are tasked to provide these specialists. The problem is that too many people are bigots like you and many school systems, at every turn, do everything they can to undermine and take funds from special ed.

It seems you are arguing that all students with disabilities should be shunned and segregated. You don't understand disabilites or how school systems are supposed to work with the population. Because they take short cuts or cut funding, services aren't provided or innappropriate people are given jobs they should have and abusive situations occur. The wonderful legislators who passed the IDEA knew that the only way to ensure disabled people were given a fair chance was to create federal laws that would make it illegal to discriminate against them. What you propose is discrimination against people with disabilities.

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