Posted on 08/21/2014 8:11:13 AM PDT by wagglebee
On the heels of the controversy over Richard Dawkins’ comments saying that parents of unborn babies who are found to have Down syndrome should abort them comes this. This kind of story shows the bias and discrimination people with special needs face in our society.
If they are lucky enough to survive an abortion beforehand, kids with Down syndrome and other special needs children then face a culture that relegates them to second-tier status as somehow less than perfectly human. As a pro-life movement, we must change the culture before and after birth.
A Southern California school district has apologized to parents of special education students who were outraged to learn their children had been sorting trash as a school activity.
Jurupa Unified Superintendent Elliot Duchon made the apology at a heated meeting Monday night. He also said the activity — which was part of a functional skills program at Patriot High School to teach students general life skills like budgeting and purchasing groceries — had been suspended, the Press-Enterprise reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/XAQpTI ).
Angry parents sounded off over the program that had special education students sort through campus trash bins for recyclables. They said it was humiliating and exposed the children to germs.
“It is disgusting,” said Carmen Wells, who complained after learning her autistic son was digging through trash on his first day as a high school freshman.
Duchon said the district is reviewing the functional skills program. He said no complaints had been received about the activity, which is a standard part of the curriculum, until last week.
School board member Brian Schafer, who is the parent of a former special education student, said he understood why parents were upset.
“Digging through trash is not a life skill,” Schafer said. “It’s unhealthy.”
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Total absence of judgement. The staff responsible need to be fired. They can get a job sorting trash.
They should be fired this so wrong this cause controvsary in SO CAL media
Fixed it.
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You'd think but there have been plenty of other things that have happened in public schools which are just as good reasons, and STILL people send their kids there.
Oh, and in before the public school defenders.
Given the quality of the public school curriculum, I’m sure this wasn’t a huge adjustment for the students.
Horrible.
Next washing the teacher’s cars will be a “school activity”.
I wonder if the trash sorting union (SEIU) knew about this?
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