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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for all the comments. We have been told by a couple of teachers who want to be helpful that there are many kids in the school that are receiving a wide variety of accommodations and that we need to push for some for our son. I just can't figure out what those accommodations might be, and I'm trying to be creative here. The school literally has refused every accommodation other than extra time that the dr has requested on our kid's behalf.

In response to some of the comments above, yes, the school makes available an online portal, but the teachers are not required to use it. Two of his teachers hand-write assignments on the whiteboard and the portal is a loose syllabus of what is going to occur that month. His teachers love paper handouts and rarely do they make the handouts available online. Kids aren't allowed to have phones in class (I completely understand and agree with this prohibition), so he can't take a picture of the handout. Handout plus a note on a whiteboard to do the handout means that kid won't remember that the piece of paper even exists.

The illness is chronic, but the symptoms come and go, with long periods (months) of being perfectly fine. The last two years have been largely symptom free. This year has been hard, but we know/hope that the bad symptoms are temporary - maybe a few months - with the hope that he'll ultimately outgrow (based on family history, it's genetic). If we can get through this year, we expect that he'll be more or less fine through the rest of high school. Last year, we specifically asked if the school could accommodate our kid should his symptoms reappear/worsen. We were assured in writing that the school would work with us and gave examples of specific accommodations. Over the summer, personnel changed, and the new team said no way. Right now, I just want to get him through the year, and hope that he feels better soon.

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