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“Most likely not realizing that his teacher was going against Brendan’s IEP, the teacher requested that Brendan’s Nintendo Switch be sent into school daily.

The group home’s behavioral analyst reluctantly and prematurely went along with this request. It was premature, because the IEP team had not been consulted.”

Reading is FUNdamental, Gasbag.

Good point! How could anyone trained in special education possibly know anything about autism?

Severely autistic kid with committed parents is just like neglected neurotypical kid from a broken home, Gasbag offered helpfully.

Great apples to dogshit comparison, of course.

So not interesting . . . but interesting.

Make up your mind, lady.

Maybe your community and schools are doing a better job than the district in question.

I know.

You girls were just looking for a place to flex your outrage muscle and I'm a kill joy.

You should break up with me and stalk someone who interests you then.

I wasn’t aware that there was a Let the Autistic Babysit! movement. In my experience, that isn’t a thing.

I wouldn’t care if he was in the same school or class as my kids. They would be very well equipped to interact with him, both by nature and personal experience.

I wouldn’t be uncomfortable to have him live in my neighborhood. I have a profoundly and similarly disabled child living in my neighborhood now. You probably do too.

Dealing with autistic kids isn’t rocket surgery. And the only issue in the matter at hand is whether the school already fulfilled its duties or should be forced to do so now. It’s before an ALJ. No apparent complaint that the kid isn’t being permitted to babysit.

The public schools are currently tasked with educating the disabled. Whether that should be the law or not, it’s hardly a recent development. Anyone who has spent time with autistic kids growing up knows they require a certain type of handling and intervention. The school is basically being accused of ignoring multiple red flags, its legal responsibilities, and foreseeable problems until things manifested tragically. Let it play out.

https://flaglerlive.com/brendan-depa-my-son-story/#gsc.tab=0

I'm sure you'd all do a better job than these parents with this profoundly disabled child.