tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post8410932996342219184..comments2024-02-05T05:15:04.759-08:00Comments on Wandering Scientist: Happy to AccommodateCloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-34621861867506577912008-10-01T13:34:00.000-07:002008-10-01T13:34:00.000-07:00This is the first time I've ever been glad that I ...This is the first time I've ever been glad that I didn't have time to read Ask Moxie. I don't think I'll go back and read it either. It's something I just would rather stay out of. <BR/><BR/>But you make a really great point about the differences between allergies and intolerances. Schools should be educated on the differences and be sure to find out exactly what the issue is from parents. <BR/><BR/>I also love the point you made about Signing Time. I'm excited to read your review, but I'm going to wait until after I do mine. I don't want to be influenced. ;-)caramamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327695885346537321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-6660885249808677312008-09-30T05:27:00.000-07:002008-09-30T05:27:00.000-07:00I was distressed by the discussion, too, and I too...I was distressed by the discussion, too, and I too fall on both sides of the issue. I didn't have 'mainstreamed' kids in my classes in school - I think I am a little older than you, or it may just have been chance - and I haven't seen any at my daughter's schools, either. (Her daycare, which had a higher-income population, did have some kids with disabilities.) <BR/><BR/>I think the anxiety from the parents of non-special needs children also comes from the sense, in public schools, that there is never enough for everyone already - classes too large, facilities bare bones, even in middle-class suburbs - so anyone who is taking 'more than their share' of resources, be they teacher attention, whatever, is a threat to one's own child's education. And, conversely, the parents of special needs children have to fight like terriers to get pretty basic accommodations, again because they are so costly (and also because of bureaucracy - but the bureaucracy of public school is itself a reaction to underfunding and scarce resources.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com