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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A significant number of these posts are extremely ableist. I would encourage the posters to reevaluate wrongly held prejudices. [/quote]

Ableist is a meaningless word that is just used to attack other people.[/quote]

I think this ableist language is actually at the detriment to special needs individuals. My DH has bad ADHD. He would never force his coworkers to put up with it or for it to be a problem for him. He makes lists, checks them twice, has timers, reminder apps, etc. He's really successful. In fact, it helps DH a lot at work. He has incredible focus on individual tasks (he's an engineer) that is characteristic of ADHD.

Ableist means not making fun of someone or discriminating against someone. It doesn't mean that we should require kids to sit there while classmates tantrum on the floor, throw chairs and scream. [/quote]

I’m not at all about wokeism, but the dominant message of this thread is that “those kids” are “dead weight” who are stealing resources from your “good kids.” It’s absolutely prejudiced and has nothing to do with your fully functioning adult husband. [/quote]

When one set of kids has federal protections that result in the county spending $600 million on SPED vs $2 billion on regular education, then it's not a stretch to say that gen ed students are losing out. [/quote]

YOUR GEN ED STUDENT IS NOT DISABLED.  *That's* the benefit you get.  Are you also mad that people with heart attacks or who give birth consume more health care resources in a year?  (Also I'm not sure about your budget math but will let that slide.)  And of course, reducing money to special ed will just make the problem worse, not better.  If you want to advocate for more money for all kids, nobody will argue with you. [/quote]

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