My Son Belongs in Your Child’s Class

From BRIGHT | Innovation in Education

My four-year-old deserves a chance at a diploma and full life. So does every other child with special needs.

I sit in the elementary school conference room with my cornucopia of snacks and a throbbing headache. I recognize faces. I know their names and their role in our lives. But I don’t know what they believe a child with Down syndrome — like my son Charlie — is worth.

I want to trust them, but I am forever wary. The initiation mantra for every mother of a child with a disability rings in my ears: “No one will advocate for your child like you will. No one.”

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