If I can leave my kids with anything it would be....to be true, stand up for what is right even if others (even your friends) shy away. Sometimes you might have to put yourself on the line for others to make a difference in this world, and it can be hard or uncomfortable.
With that said, Jordan turned 9 on September 14 and we have been disputing with the school pretty much since Jordan was 4. We are waiting to find out if our attorney was able to get her back in school, it has been a battle with the school to keep her at her neighborhood school in a regular ed classroom. We have searched and studied education law enough that I could pass the bar on the subject. It has been ugly and made me physically sick, and a lot of the time I feel very lonely.
Sometimes.... really a lot of times, I would rather scoop up my family and move us to a deserted island where we would not have to feel guilty for fighting so hard for a child we love so much. And we wouldn't feel different, just accepted. And we could spend our time playing and laughing and enjoying each other. Instead we are too busy researching laws and stressing over school issues and practices that generally keep awesome kids like Jordan out of a traditional education with their peers. And it hides them away in a segregated room away from the general population.
I have Hope and Faith that our school district will change and see the benefit of inclusion and soon it could be the norm.
.... that was therapeutic.
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