Advocacy & education
Students Struggle While Schools Deny Services
Children who mask their disabilities are often denied services because they don’t appear to be struggling
Are you seeing your child struggling in school, yet the school doesn’t feel it’s “that bad”?
I grow weary of hearing comments along the lines of “they’re not struggling enough to qualify for resources.”
Based on whose measure of “struggling”?
If a parent is expressing concern, then the child is obviously struggling in some way, otherwise, the parent wouldn’t be bringing it up. It’s time that schools* started taking parent concerns seriously, rather than trying to sweep them under the rug, minimize them, avoid taking responsibility, or put up a fight in order to see if the parent is serious enough to push.
Not all parents know how to advocate for their child or know when it’s within their rights to do so. It’s not fair for children whose parents with more resources — time, access to information, and money — to be given better services and supports because the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
