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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why the strong reaction of some PPs that this kind of discrimination cannot be happening? Yes you may have gotten pushback during the IEP process for your non-Asian kid, but that doesn't mean there isn't a particular type of discrimination at play for older Asian kids trying to get IEPs. By definition, if you are not a parent of such a kid you don't know what these parents and kids are experiencing.

I generally find the parents on this forum (the SN board, not DCUM generally, obviously) to be very sensitive to issues of discrimination and people wrongly assuming they know what we are experiencing with our kids. So we should be sensitive to avoiding a knee-jerk reaction of [b]"I feel confident that discrimination against XYZ group doesn't happen b/c I haven't experienced it first-hand.[/b]"[/quote]

You lost me.  According to the PPs, the schools make it difficult for the white kids to get IEPs.  If the Asians are being treated the same as the white kids, how is it discrimination against the Asians?  [/quote]

White parents don't know if their kids are being treated the same as Asians. It may be difficult for anyone to get an IEP but closer to impossible for an older Asian kid. I have no idea if this is true or not, I'm just pointing out that it's logically possible. It doesn't seem that anybody posting here has any first-hand knowledge of whether it's true or not.[/quote]

And Asian parents don't know if their kids are being treated the same as Asians.  So, we are at a standstill.  It is difficult period, especially at the Middle School level.  Whether it is more difficult for one demographic or another requires a formal analysis of the data.  All we have here - on [i]both[/i] sides is anecdotal stories- not data.  Keep in mind that the plural of anecdote is not data.  [/quote]

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