I won the school appeal
By maximax8
@maximax8 (31053)
United Kingdom
June 16, 2018 12:00pm CST
I am delighted that I won the school appeal so my disabled son goes to the right secondary school. The school is wheelchair accessible, has a medical bed and there also have disabled parking. In July he will go with me to an open day there. The school term will begin in early September.
What are the schools like where you live? Do you know anyone that has been to a school appeal?
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
16 Jun 18
Hello Maxima. Great to know that your son will be going to the right secondary school that offers those services. I did back in college when my professor failed me iny major subject and we wanted to attend the graduation but sadly, he was too tough.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
17 Jun 18
@maximax8 It is okay. I learned then and screw that professor. hehe
You are always welcome, Maxima. He deserves the best and I would sure be happy too if I were in your shoes. 
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
16 Jun 18
That's nice to know, your son must be very happy..
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
17 Jun 18
@maximax8 that's great. Good luck to him. I wish him all the best.
@AmbiePam (85496)
• United States
16 Jun 18
So they weren't going to let him in because of a disability? I'm America, they pretty much have too. The only time I heard someone protesting was when they didn't want a boy with a therapy dog inside the classroom because two other kids were allergic to dogs. The kid's parents protested, and a court ruled they had to let the boy with the therapy dog attend school there. I have no idea what the children allergic to dogs ended up doing.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
16 Jun 18
My disabled son wasn't successful with the Health and Education Care Plan. Therefore we could only ask for the best school for him. We missed out due to other children living nearer that school than us. I can walk to that school in 23 minutes. It is interesting to read about the therapy dog and the chid. I am pleased he or she go to go to that school due to the court's decision. I wonder what happened to the two allergic to dogs children.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
16 Jun 18
Here in the US, like the other Amber stated, you can not discriminate against a child because of their disability. Most schools are wheelchair accessible. I'm not sure how they deal with the schools that have two stories and no elevator.
We have districts as well, a certain number of miles that a child can live away from a school before they are considered part of another district. You can attend schools out of district but I believe there is a fee involved.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
16 Jun 18
@maximax8 It's been many years since I was in school but I remember a friend moved away (to another county) and her parents paid a fee for her to remain in our school.
Are there not many wheel chair accessible schools in the UK? Are a lot of the schools there in buildings that are old? Sometimes very old?
We don't have this deliberation for special kids. What we have are schools for that 
@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
16 Jun 18
That's good news! Here the schools are pretty good as far as I know and very accomodating.
