Except those parents don't want their special needs kids home.
Those I know who work with them tell me that the parents will send in their kids sick even, even though they know the kids will likely get sent home by the school. They take the change anyway.
And if the kid throws up, then the parents claim they have reflux, so instead of the kids being sent home, like they are supposed to be and would be if normal, they are given a pass.
And when there's a day off, especially a snow day, the parents get really mad.
I have personal experience with this. Many years of it.
Family is the best care giver. Some families are deficient. Not all. PERIOD.
That’s most of the parents of school age kids. Send their kids to school sick and pissed when they get called to pick them up.