Two Cobb students, 13, held in tainted cake incident

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FYI - This morning on Good Morning America, the dad of one child reported that his daughter has been recently diagnosed with Aspergers over the summer by a school psychologist. He said the school knew she had a problem with bad judgment. She had a full time Aid that went everywhere with her at school, even to the bathroom. He said she was disruptive in class, yet the school insisted on mainstreaming her in regular education classes. It sounded to me as if he had been asking for the school to take her out of regular education and get her more help.

Carol SadlerSpecial Education Consultant/AdvocateCarolSadler@...www.IEPadvocate4You.com

East Cobb Middle School

Two Cobb students, 13, held in tainted cake incident

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In a message dated 11/19/04 11:00:56 AM, beammeupbaby@... writes:

<< did not see this on Good Morning America yesterday but saw it on the

evening news last night. I was very glad to see a story such as this on the

news and Asperger's Disorder gaining validity from a parent who seems to

understand his child and is wiling to go to bat for her. >>

I had a different slant on this. I think this parent's public use of the

Asperger defense is harmful to our children. It gives validity to the argument

against including children with disabilities in schools. He just gave

students/parents/teachers/administrators a reason to fear our children.

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, I also fear that schools will be afraid to include children with

disabilities but I don't think we stop trying to educate them when we can.

Many schools , as we know, are already afraid to include children with

disabilities whether they have any understanding of the specifics of the

disability or not. I like the fact that this father was at least trying to

educate the public about disabilities but what really bothered me more than

anything was that I have never heard of an Asperger's child being this

willfully evil towards another person so I wonder if there wasn't something

else going on with her too ? That willful evilness seems to lend more

towards a personality disorder of some sort and that would really be a wrong

education for the schools ( or anyone else ) to think that all Asperger's

children are capable of something like what she did. Certainly a tough

situation, that's for sure. I will be curious to see what the schools

decide should happen to her but I think, in the end, a decision will be

based on the act that she committed rather than if she has a disability or

not.