Special needs children: How schools fail them

by Nicole Wight

My son became a special needs child last year. He was in a serious car accident that involved my mother and my daughter as well. My mother died from her injuries, and my daughter suffered a brain injury. She recovered fast...read more

by Debra Sanders

"In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards." (Mark Twain) By law, special education is defined as "specially designed instruction", at no cost to the parents, "to meet t...read more

by Sammy Stein

Schools have a problem with special needs children. With government guidelines, statements, assessment programmes and the varying levels of support available, it can sometimes prove a nightmare for a school to know the bes...read more

by Catherine M. Harris

Seven years ago I walked into the office of my son's about-to-be school and discovered that because he was about to be tested for suspected PDD or Asperger's he couldn't be admitted in September because the medical bussing...read more

by Donna Neeley

The Schools fail them by treating them not as children who can learn but as their disabilities. My daughter is 11 and is reading at a second grade level and is in the 5th almost 6th grade and i dint see the school system ...read more

by Roxan Finnell

I remember the IEP meeting when my daughter was in the first grade. The teacher remained quiet while the school principal sat glaring at her, almost daring her to say something. The special education coordinator kept talki...read more

by Teresa Enyeart

My daughter is PDD autistic, ADHD, and mentally slow. Yes the school system needs to change on how they are going to educate the special needs child. Having to put them in a regular class just to justify the no child left ...read more