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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, if a student in your child’s class has cancer, you’re not willing to have your kid mask?[/quote]

My child is deaf. Your child will not wear a mask so my child can read her lips. Cancer student should stay home.[/quote]

Just stop with this cruelty. Please.

Reasonable accommodations are always case-by-case.  Some schools may have masked and unmasked classes to accommodate different kids as needed. But, generally, a child with a disability has a right be be [b]in the least restrictive environment[/b] so sending kids home for their education is a last resort if there are no other alternatives.[/quote]

Accommodations generally do not interfere or disturb other students.  Making other students all wear a mask crosses that line. Reasonable accommodations shouldn't involve everyone in the room and around the child at any point in the day having to alter their behavior.  If there are no objections by anyone else in the class, then fine, have everyone wear masks. But I agree with previous posters that if a child's medical condition is that fragile, they need to do what protection they can and weigh the risks otherwise.  Do the parents of such a child never take them anywhere else?  Are they literally at home or school around masked people 24/7? They never go to the store, or to church?[/quote]

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