Any school activity on campus or off is considered an extension of the
schools responsibilities including coverage to and from school on a bus if
needed due to the local home school not having the right SDE program. Check
out the Federal Laws under Section 504 mandating such, anything less
according to that and in my opinion would be discrimination.
Pat D.
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From: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com [mailto:epilepsy@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Janet
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 10:56 AM
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [epilepsy] school outings
My son is 16 with epilepsy and autism. Whenever he has gone on field trips
etc from school a school nurse has been assigned to go with him in the event
he needs his diastat.
Since last year my son has made great progress with his epilepsy. He has
gone from 7 seizures a month to two a month.
Our school has community/job outings for students with disabilities. My son
has no experience with work and has no idea what he would like to do after
he graduates. For this reason I want to send him out to the job sites so
that he can get some work experience and get an idea of what responsibility
is. The students go out into the community several times a week for half a
year.
The school nurse does not think he should go out without a nurse even though
he is down to 2 seizures a month. The school is reluctant to pay for a nurse
on a steady basis but they are afraid to send him out without one. They
would prefer that he stay on campus.
What is anyones experience with this type of thing. Certainly we can't deny
him opportunities until he is completely seizure free can we? On the other
hand I don't want to disregard his safety.
And suggestions?
Thanks,
Jan
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