I would like to address the persons who fell the parents mainstream there children because we want to force them on someone. The schools are the primary culprit in this dilemma. I have three autistic children and had to go HEAD-TO-HEAD with the school district in my area to keep one of my children from being mainstreamed. i knew first off she needed a smaller size where there would be a larger adult to child ratio, second I knew her out bursts would and could disrupt other children. I also knew this would put an unfair burden on my daughter, the other children, and the untrained teacher. Which most of the teachers now adays are indeed untrained. I eventually had to remove my child and home-school her because the district REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUEST OF NOT MAINSTREAMING HER. As far as the comment about forcing our children on the school system first off by LAW ALL CHILDREN HAVE A RIGHT TO BE EDUCATED, I along with lots of other parents of special needs children pay TAXES which fund your BROKEN EDUCATION SYSTEM, so your child and all children can be educated. Do some research in our schools RIGHT NOW and RIGHT HERE IN THE USA we have children special ed and reg. ed being beaten by teachers, molested, raped, restrained to the point of causing death, denied BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. And we as a nation have turned a blind eye and refuse to get involved until it hits us in the face. The latest government research that is due to be released this month reads that this generation will be the first to NOT DO BETTER THAN ITS PARENTS.
