The problem is that normal kids can be pretty cruel. Pretending that this isn't so is absurd.
And what was a kid with a "broken body" doing on a regular school bus anyway. How much time did normal kids waste putting up with whatever had to be done to accommodate this kid? Or don't normal kids count?
When my own kids were growing up, I attended one of those Christmas (now "holiday") concerts. The great liberals had to feature some crippled (can I say that here?) kid in a wheel-chair as a soloist. She came out first in front of the curtain in her wheel-chair. Then the curtain when up to reveal the rest of the chorus (or orchestra, I forget which). As it did it snagged on the girl's wheel-chair and lifted one side of the chair skyward while the girl screamed. I don't remember whether she was dumped on the floor, or not; but it was a perfect moment which demonstrated that political correctness can have unintended consequences.
ML/NJ
Reading your post makes me feel empty inside.
The schools are full of animals that will never benefit from education. Here is a girl with a normal mind with all of the potential that a brain gives a human being, she has more right to be in that school than the idiots tormenting her.
When I was in highschool, thirty something years ago, one of the kids was a quadraplegic. Somehow, we managed not to set him on fire because he lived in a wheel chair. He actually had friends and participated in school life despite his disability. Amazingly, we all managed to learn despite his presence.
The problem here is not with the girl.
They're called "public schools" for a reason, a**hole. The disabled kids parents pay taxes into that district just like everyone else. Therefore under the laws as they are today the kid in question has just as much right as anyone else to the school bus.
She certainly has the right to travel to and from school with a reasonable expectation that she won't be the victim of violence, ridicule, and condom tossing by a bunch of mouth breathing thugs.
Were this my kid I would have had a very similar reaction except I wouldn't have gotten my point across on the bus in front of witnesses. I'd have come up with a much more private and up close sort of lesson for these thugs.
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Special ed programs in public schools are nothing new. My school system had special ed classes; and that was over 25 years ago. The school provided classes that helped the retarded kids become capable of taking care of themselves. Depending on the nature of the problem, they are sometimes trained for basic service industry employment including janitorial work.
Generally, those with profound disabilities rode the "short bus." A kid with mild cerebral palsy could ride the "normal bus." Some of us stuck up for the handicapped kids.
As part of my sociology class in High School, I went to a local elementary school and tutored "Special Ed" kids. Some of those "retarded" kids had amazing math skills.
No one has mentioned how severe her CP is. My best friend from childhood married a woman with CP. She’s intelligent, has a master’s degree, walks, talks, runs, etc. Outside of an unusual gait, a slight speech impediment and the need to carry straws to drink through in her purse, she’s perfectly normal.