wheel chair issue

[Guest guest]

I would like to share a recent story that happened to Hannah. The last week of

school Hannah's class was taking a walking field trip to a local park for a

picnic and they were then going to walk to a custard place for a treat and then

walk back to school. Now at the time, not only was Hannah's asthma flaring, but

she was in a full leg cast.

Her teacher sent me a note asking I wanted to do with Hannah for this field

trip. I told her that I would be more than willing to rent Hannah a wheelchair

for the day and she could push Hannah, find a teacher's aid to push Hannah, or

that I would come along with Hannah. Well she wrote me a somewhat nasty note

back stating this was not an option she would consider. Would I come along and

drive Hannah to the park/custard stand/and back to school.

The only thing she accomplished by doing this was making Hannah feel very

alienated from the rest of her class. She was self-conscience about everything

she was going through at the time already and believe me this did not help.

Hannah wanted not to even go as she did not like this option at all!!!

So that being said, if Hannah ever gets to the point of needing a chair to

help her get around I would not hesitate! This would help feel more part of the

group than having to have other special arrangements always being made for her.

Just wanted to share Hannah's point of view. It will not matter one litlte

bit how I feel about this, it will be all about Hannah and helping her have a

positive attitude.

Beth Yohnk

Happy Thoughts..Be Well