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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid has an actual disability and need, so this isn't something I've actually considered.[/quote]

Many disabilities are not as apparent at younger ages when the academic and social demands are not as high. [/quote]

My kid's were. He had an IEP from K to 11th grade, and a 504 in 12th grade. Currently successful in college, with  accommodations, and right now has a summer job.

OP's question is ridiculous and borderline offensive. No one is rounding up kids with "labels", or stamping their Life File For Eternity Such That They Can't Get Jobs. As another poster said, this smacks of cold feet and denial.

Those of us whose kids could not function in school without services and accommodations are thankful that they exist, and plan to utilize them for as long as they're still offered.

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I agree that it is highly unlikely that OP's child would be harmed by the Trump administration if they get an IEP or 504 plan, but it is not "offensive" to worry about this. Jfc

I get that you have a different situation on your household, but my child's or OP's child's situation is real and not an affront to you. We exist and have a right to exist.[/quote]

it kind of is offensive though. I agree with PP. [/quote]

Disagree. I assume posters on this forum, esp those new to navigating the educational services world, are genuinely asking for help. I try to offer it in the same spirit. We were all new once.

If you can’t say something nice…
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I've been reading this forum for more than 15 years. We try to be supportive and helpful, but the landscape has changed recently. I reported posts that were deleted, that called people morons for thinking that we would still live in a democracy and that our SN kids would be flagged for ever. Clearly political trolling has found the SN forum.

OP's question is borderline, because those of us who are still rational can see that the political fear she's claiming to be operating under is overblown. And if it's not, and we are doomed to live in a world where having special needs will send kids to concentration camps, then WE WILL HAVE WORSE PROBLEMS TO DEAL WITH. That sort of extremism doesn't come on its own as a single policy, does it?

If OP doesn't want services right now, fine. Her kid is lucky not to need them at this time. But let's try to be rational about which risks are valid and which are not.

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Let’s try to be rational and kind to one another. If we on this forum cannot be kind to one another then we are in trouble.

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