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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Several people who are attacking my son and me are missing the point of the post. Don't you see the irony that you feel it's ok to call my son lazy, but then you attack me for being insensitive to the kids with mild IEPs? How is my son's 'laziness' any different from their 'laziness'? It is all just different types of inability to do different types of things. But some types of inability are given exemptions and institutional supports, while others aren't. And I totally understand if some kids need an IEP to function and feel they have a place in society. I totally, 100% support that, and to say otherwise would be cruel and ignorant. But some kids' IEPs give them a boost to get A+ GPAs, participate in a ton of EC's and attend very selective colleges, things they would not have been able to do without IEPs and other institutional intervention. Meanwhile, kids who do not have IEPs but have other challenges in life do not get that boost. That's the discrepancy I am pointing out. [/quote]

1. Schools will not help a child with issues that are non-academic. This is not what IEPs and 504s are about. They're about dealing with handicaps that impact academic progress. If your child has needs that impact things other than academics, the school is not legally allowed to help him. IT'S THE LAW. Please get that through your very thick skull. If you don't like the law, and want schools to start helping children beyond being able to access their coursework, then run for office with that platform, or lobby legislators, develop a campaign.

2. Please do not compare yourself to parents who have wept tears weekly and fought with their spouses to the point of divorce, because their children with special needs lead to immense conflict and burdens. It's massively disrespectful of you to think that these families somehow cheat your own child. NO. When are you going to acknowledge that these children with grow into adults with lifelong disabilities, and any temporary "gain" they are allowed to have has to be weighed against all the long-term dysfunction and unhappiness of their chronic condition? Are you telling us your child has a lifelong disability? Are you telling us you spent years chasing psychologists, therapies, and medications for his anxiety or autism? Because you're suspiciously silent on the sacrifices you've made for this child who may or may not have a problem...

Your point of view is incredibly flawed and it's disturbing you cannot see that.
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IEP Goals can be both academic and non-academic in nature.

https://flspedlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/lybarger.pdf[/quote]

Goals are one thing but services are different. Op thinks those of us with kids who have these imaginary "mild ieps" are getting all kinds of services paid for by the school system to get our children to scouting or sports or who knows what. She's an ignoramus and maybe a troll who posts this kind of crap outside of the sns forum where she'd get the truth even harder. I'm fed up with these posts. [/quote]

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