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Paguk
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| Now, now...musn't have anybody that we can't put in the school's display case... |
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blue_bean
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:49 am Post subject: |
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This is horrible 
Thankfully things were different at my school back in the day. The special ed students had thier photo in amongst everyone elses in our "school magazine". The special ed faculty even had a couple of pages showcasing the students and thier goings on.
(Just to be sure, I'm going to hunt down my 2001 school magazine and make sure all the students were in it)
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preludeman
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:22 pm Post subject: Sad |
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That is sad. Schools are so mean.
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PsychedelicFreak
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I find it hard to believe that it was an innocent mistake. I could understand if it only happened to a couple of kids, but how would the accidentally leave out all of the special needs children?
Maybe they think they are unworthy or less human. It is disgusting and I don't imagine the kids appreciate this exclusion. Those kids who are different have a hard enough time with their peers, they don't need this from the adults who run the school. |
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Yupa
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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| If it was an oversight, then how come both they and every other supposedly "special needs" child was left out of the yearbook? |
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Yupa
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| PsychedelicFreak wrote: |
Maybe they think they are unworthy or less human. |
Given some of the experiences I've had with autistic people, they probably are, but that's no reason to leave them out of the yearbook. |
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Yupa
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| PsychedelicFreak wrote: | | Those kids who are different have a hard enough time with their peers |
You don't know that. And everyone who thinks they deserve more rights than everyone else bitches about their peers and how their peers are "being so mean to me, wah wah wah" when their peers are usually just calling them on their disgusting socially unacceptable public behaviours. |
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Bozewani
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder how many schools are going to use that card to try to rationalize their myopia and hard-heartiness? So much for "valuing the intrinisic value of each and every individual" (a phrase from my school's mission statement)
| slowmutant wrote: | | There are worse things than not getting one's picture in the yearbook. Don't lose perspective ... |
This is more then a yearbook picture. It symbolizes how we are consistently mistreated for being different and not allowed to be ourselves |
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ProfessorX
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That's not right as, all stundents regardless should have their representation in the yearbook including Autistic students.. personally, I was one of few Aspies in my high-school yearbook for there was not many Aspies in my High School.. 
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psmaster
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| AnonymousAnonymous wrote: | Flying f-ing H!
What's next?
Not allowing autistic students to go to school events? |
Well, actually.... I have not been allowed to go to school events by my teachers because they thought they would upset me, but I didn't think they would!
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DiabloDave363
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| thank f***ing god i got of my IEP. Now the only way the school will know if i tell them. |
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findingthetruth
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| Segregating disabled individuals for any reason in society is an additional disability they must bear and is an unfair aspect of our society. |
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BokeKaeru
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 3:39 am Post subject: |
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Well, if it was simply a class page, a couple pages in a row where the pictures were missing, it could been a mistake on the part of the layout people, as careless as that was of them to do so. However, if other representations of the special needs students were left out of the book, I would wonder about the school's aims and intentions in doing so.
Yupa, correcting socially inappropriate behaviors is NEVER an excuse for bullying or harassment. That's for parents, psychologists and teachers to do, preferably in a guiding way that actually gives them acceptable alternative behaviors rather than more trauma and resentment towards people, which is what bullying can often lead to. Anyone who claims that they were mistreating their classmate to correct their behaviors, especially in the first and second grade, is probably making excuses for merely wanting to put others down in order to bring themselves up. Finally, I have to wonder why you're posting on this forum if you believe from your experiences with autistic people that they are quite possibly "unworthy or less human." |
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Delirium
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Hey, did anyone notice that the twins' mother posted here?
If so, I'd just like to say to her that I hope she wins the suit, and that Holden is an awesome name. I liked Holden Caulfield.
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