Schools must provide sports for disabled, US says

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My screen name says it-I am disabled and my history of being a k thru 12 student twenty years ago makes me happy to see this !! As a disabled student 20 years ago playgrounds weren't accessible, buildings were barely so. And the main barrier was attitudes in school. every little thing I wanted to do extra, school play, go on a trip without my mom or join student council, I was told no or a huge deal was made. So huge of deal that I didn't even want to do it anymore.

Although what I encountered wasn't one percent of one percent of what the generation of african Americans went through after Brown Verse Board of ed-I do feel that I can relate in amall way of seeing each generation after myself reaching higher without even thinking it'd unusual for them to do so.

For those who say the money should be spent hiring extra staff. I was forced to have a full day aide, I absolutely in no way needed. I was victimized, every student in my school was victimized by both their learning environment being needlessly altered and by them getting the impression that disabled people cannot function without help..They lost whatever relationship they would have had with me. I lost whatever relationship I would have had with them. Every tax payer in my district was victimized for five years. Only people who won-the person that a job was created for and ignorant teachers who were too lazy to deal with me.

To people who say it's not possible to design mixed ability athletic programs-it is..Not every school needs to re-invent the wheel!! Copy either national recommendations or other districts

I am sick of people blaming "special needs students" for districts going broke. It is the cost of doing business!!! Education is failing and going broke. But thee whole system needs to be scrutinized and changed. Not just one group un-fairly blamed!! If you really want to cut out costs of the disabled; stop pharmaceutical companies from getting away with making products such as Pitocin and vaccines that cause lifelong disabilities in some just to drive up their profit margin