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[quote=Anonymous][quote=theflash1985]Wow, I’m honestly surprised by the responses here. I was just looking for school recommendations, not to get dragged.

Funny thing — “difficult dads” like me are the reason OUR special needs kids can even go to public school now. Before 1975, they were literally banned.

The IDEA law that gives your SN kids an IEP and not just home schooled came from parents who [b]refused to stay quiet[/b]. In Mills v. D.C. (1972), a dad named David Mills fought for his daughter after she was denied an education — and that fight helped create the rights all our kids have today.

I'll continue advocating for my DS with my wife who is just as passionate as me
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No one is denying your child an education.  Your child has a 1:1 aide, which is extraordinary.  Your child has an IEP.  Your child is being allowed to stay in a mainstream kindergarten class, likely to the real detriment of the other students in the classroom if your child is having as much difficulty as you say. I say this as a child with pretty significant ADHD who was also disruptive to his class as a younger age and believe me, I knew full well that he was taking up more of the teacher's time than was fair to the other students, and I felt guilty as heck about it.  You know why?  Because the world doesn't exist to bend to my child's needs and wants.  It's a tough lesson to learn.  If you want to advocate for legislation to give special needs students even MORE funding and accomodations, that's fantastic, but probably not realistic in the current climate, when school funding gets slashed and teachers can barely make ends meet.  But don't mistake wanting legislative change for even more resources for your child, for trying to drag the teachers and administrators and case workers who are currently helping your child and thinking that's going to actually help him more.  What it is going to do is cause the case worker to quit and then guess what, you don't have a case worker for a while.  Tell me how that helps your son.

Look into Ivymount school, might be a good fit.  But you'll have to lower your guard so you're not the reason they reject your son. [/quote]

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