Anonymous wrote:The head of the CDC just got covid after having a meeting with a bunch of officials and not masking.

Covid is still airborne, whether you want to mask or not.

Long covid is still a possible result of getting covid, and it can be debilitating and life changing.

Anyway, our experience at APS was that our elementary fought recognizing our kid's problems and giving them any learning disability diagnoses. It was an uphill battle. We got private testing but didn't have success with the school until we brought in a lawyer. Good luck.

COVID is never going away. You are pushing forever masking. How dystopian!

It's down to 5% of flat earthers who are wearing a mask so that tells you who posts on this board.

As for Long COVID, look at studies with a control group and you'll see how rare it is. Somehow it's hitting progressive middle-aged white affluent women hard, like the ones in SEPTA still pushing forced masking.

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Anyway, our experience at APS was that our elementary fought recognizing our kid's problems and giving them any learning disability diagnoses. It was an uphill battle. We got private testing but didn't have success with the school until we brought in a lawyer. Good luck.

NP. We have private testing too and the school will not budge on providing certain accommodations the Neuropsych recommends that are typical for kids with DC's diagnoses. Will need to get an advocate if kid decides they really want to stay in APS.

The head of the CDC just got covid after having a meeting with a bunch of officials and not masking.

Covid is still airborne, whether you want to mask or not.

Long covid is still a possible result of getting covid, and it can be debilitating and life changing.

Anyway, our experience at APS was that our elementary fought recognizing our kid's problems and giving them any learning disability diagnoses. It was an uphill battle. We got private testing but didn't have success with the school until we brought in a lawyer. Good luck.

Just reading this thread now and I am so appalled to see an anonymous internet bully attacking the leaders of SEPTA. These ladies who lead SEPTA have special needs kids in hard situations, yet they volunteer their time for the betterment of all. Shame on this troll for attacking them and in such a cowardly way. SEPTA's Phantom Ball has always been "phantom" ie not a real event, for as long as I can remember years before Covid so this troll isn't even well informed (isn't that usually the case?). I'm good with this. I don't have to find a sitter or dress up. And I'm sure it's easier for SEPTA since it doesn't take resources to plan an actual event. While I have liked the people I have met through SEPTA, I have no desire to go socialize with this internet bully at an actual event. People who want events can go to them at their schools.

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Anonymous wrote:SEPTA is still not having their Phantom Ball fundraiser in person this year. In the announcement, they reference not having to be "socially distant" or follow CDC guidelines by being virtual. I had to double-check to make sure this wasn't a post from Fall 2020!

The US is down to like 5% of nutters who live like this, and they obviously control SEPTA. It's too bad that they control 1 of the 2 organizations that I'm a part of because of my dyslexic son.

The same type of leaders who would send a mass email to SEPTA members in March 2022, trying to get SEPTA members to use the ADA to force APS students to wear masks. The leadership of SEPTA completely lost it with COVID, and still seems to be losing it.

Meanwhile, tons of other PTAs had great in person fundraisers this past spring.

your right wing nuttiness is showing strong as is your disturbing hatred for parents of special needs kids

Another SEPTA parent here. It's not right wing nuttiness to want to see other SEPTA parents in person. The whole world is back to normal, no one wears a mask on a plane, social distancing is pre-vaccine thing, but the leaders of this group act like it's March 2020.

???

I guess you haven't flown on a plane since the mask mandate went away.

But a handful healthy 45 year old parents in Arlington (who control SEPTA) are having virtual events and talking about social distancing in October 2022.

I just flew last weekend. Many people were masking on the plane.

Maybe this will give you some perspective (probably not but one can hope) on how disabled people are experiencing this pandemic -

https://www.tiktok.com/@christinaelenac/video/7154472484568436011?_r=1&_t=8WWm1p3tsGU&is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7154472484568436011

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Anonymous wrote:SEPTA is still not having their Phantom Ball fundraiser in person this year. In the announcement, they reference not having to be "socially distant" or follow CDC guidelines by being virtual. I had to double-check to make sure this wasn't a post from Fall 2020!

The US is down to like 5% of nutters who live like this, and they obviously control SEPTA. It's too bad that they control 1 of the 2 organizations that I'm a part of because of my dyslexic son.

The same type of leaders who would send a mass email to SEPTA members in March 2022, trying to get SEPTA members to use the ADA to force APS students to wear masks. The leadership of SEPTA completely lost it with COVID, and still seems to be losing it.

Meanwhile, tons of other PTAs had great in person fundraisers this past spring.

your right wing nuttiness is showing strong as is your disturbing hatred for parents of special needs kids

Another SEPTA parent here. It's not right wing nuttiness to want to see other SEPTA parents in person. The whole world is back to normal, no one wears a mask on a plane, social distancing is pre-vaccine thing, but the leaders of this group act like it's March 2020.

???

I guess you haven't flown on a plane since the mask mandate went away.

But a handful healthy 45 year old parents in Arlington (who control SEPTA) are having virtual events and talking about social distancing in October 2022.

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Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately APS' parent disability groups (ASEAC and SEPTA) are dominated by closed schoolers and forced child maskers

Here come the APE trolls attacking the disability groups now. Have you no shame?

They are pure trash.

Not sure who you're referring to, but I'm in SEPTA and I saw the closed schooler/forced masker leader emailing us, saying we should use the ADA last spring to force classes to mask. They definitely don't speak for the vast majority of SWD parents. It was infuriating.

Also, masks are probably horrible for kids with dyslexia so not a correlation.

My dyslexic kid learned 1000x more getting appropriate instruction with a mask than the previous five years without a mask.

the Phantom Fundraiser has always been a thing b/c parents of SN kids, sometimes, can't even find care to attend an event.

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Anonymous wrote:SEPTA is still not having their Phantom Ball fundraiser in person this year. In the announcement, they reference not having to be "socially distant" or follow CDC guidelines by being virtual. I had to double-check to make sure this wasn't a post from Fall 2020!

The US is down to like 5% of nutters who live like this, and they obviously control SEPTA. It's too bad that they control 1 of the 2 organizations that I'm a part of because of my dyslexic son.

It's too bad that you're such an *ss that you come on an anon message board to trash parents of special needs kids who volunteer their time to help others. You really suck.

Do you know what a Phantom Ball fundraiser is? The whole point is not to come to a ball. It's a heck of a lot easier to plan a phantom ball than a real one. Because I sure don't see people like you stepping forward to plan it.

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Anonymous wrote:SEPTA is still not having their Phantom Ball fundraiser in person this year. In the announcement, they reference not having to be "socially distant" or follow CDC guidelines by being virtual. I had to double-check to make sure this wasn't a post from Fall 2020!

The US is down to like 5% of nutters who live like this, and they obviously control SEPTA. It's too bad that they control 1 of the 2 organizations that I'm a part of because of my dyslexic son.

The same type of leaders who would send a mass email to SEPTA members in March 2022, trying to get SEPTA members to use the ADA to force APS students to wear masks. The leadership of SEPTA completely lost it with COVID, and still seems to be losing it.

Meanwhile, tons of other PTAs had great in person fundraisers this past spring.

your right wing nuttiness is showing strong as is your disturbing hatred for parents of special needs kids

Another SEPTA parent here. It's not right wing nuttiness to want to see other SEPTA parents in person. The whole world is back to normal, no one wears a mask on a plane, social distancing is pre-vaccine thing, but the leaders of this group act like it's March 2020.

???

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Anonymous wrote:SEPTA is still not having their Phantom Ball fundraiser in person this year. In the announcement, they reference not having to be "socially distant" or follow CDC guidelines by being virtual. I had to double-check to make sure this wasn't a post from Fall 2020!

The US is down to like 5% of nutters who live like this, and they obviously control SEPTA. It's too bad that they control 1 of the 2 organizations that I'm a part of because of my dyslexic son.

The same type of leaders who would send a mass email to SEPTA members in March 2022, trying to get SEPTA members to use the ADA to force APS students to wear masks. The leadership of SEPTA completely lost it with COVID, and still seems to be losing it.

Meanwhile, tons of other PTAs had great in person fundraisers this past spring.

your right wing nuttiness is showing strong as is your disturbing hatred for parents of special needs kids

Another SEPTA parent here. It's not right wing nuttiness to want to see other SEPTA parents in person. The whole world is back to normal, no one wears a mask on a plane, social distancing is pre-vaccine thing, but the leaders of this group act like it's March 2020.

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Anonymous wrote:SEPTA is still not having their Phantom Ball fundraiser in person this year. In the announcement, they reference not having to be "socially distant" or follow CDC guidelines by being virtual. I had to double-check to make sure this wasn't a post from Fall 2020!

The US is down to like 5% of nutters who live like this, and they obviously control SEPTA. It's too bad that they control 1 of the 2 organizations that I'm a part of because of my dyslexic son.

The same type of leaders who would send a mass email to SEPTA members in March 2022, trying to get SEPTA members to use the ADA to force APS students to wear masks. The leadership of SEPTA completely lost it with COVID, and still seems to be losing it.

Meanwhile, tons of other PTAs had great in person fundraisers this past spring.

your right wing nuttiness is showing strong as is your disturbing hatred for parents of special needs kids

Anonymous wrote:SEPTA is still not having their Phantom Ball fundraiser in person this year. In the announcement, they reference not having to be "socially distant" or follow CDC guidelines by being virtual. I had to double-check to make sure this wasn't a post from Fall 2020!

The US is down to like 5% of nutters who live like this, and they obviously control SEPTA. It's too bad that they control 1 of the 2 organizations that I'm a part of because of my dyslexic son.

It's too bad that you're such an *ss that you come on an anon message board to trash parents of special needs kids who volunteer their time to help others. You really suck.

Do you know what a Phantom Ball fundraiser is? The whole point is not to come to a ball. It's a heck of a lot easier to plan a phantom ball than a real one. Because I sure don't see people like you stepping forward to plan it.

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Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately APS' parent disability groups (ASEAC and SEPTA) are dominated by closed schoolers and forced child maskers

Here come the APE trolls attacking the disability groups now. Have you no shame?

They are pure trash.

Not sure who you're referring to, but I'm in SEPTA and I saw the closed schooler/forced masker leader emailing us, saying we should use the ADA last spring to force classes to mask. They definitely don't speak for the vast majority of SWD parents. It was infuriating.

Also, masks are probably horrible for kids with dyslexia so not a correlation.