Actually, it seems according to the article that it is his sick mother who wants to see him walk. I guess the school system’s message to her is that she should not have been so sick.
How much suffering can people actually endure? Auschwitz was a day trip to the beach compared to this.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer when my daughter was a senior in high school. I was on chemotherapy from Jan to June. She took days out of school to hold my head over a pan while I puked. My daughter also got a letter from the school stating that she had gone over the acceptable limit of absences. The difference was that this was a private Catholic school and instead of punishing her they sent me get well cards when she explained the situation.