#and yet the ''face'' of special education is the white houswife autism mommy who didnt give two shits abt her kid's needs until it was cool | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

chowowed · 2 years

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All of the Plaintiffs in the Mills v. DC Board of Ed (1972) ruling are students of color. Despite that, the case itself was about DC’s BoE allowing school districts to exclude, suspend, expel, and transfer these students for having “exceptional” disabilities. They sued on behalf of the estimated 12,340 disabled students who were unfairly cut out and left to rot. Doesn’t that just make you feel a certain kind of way?

#jazz.txt #sorry im doing sped law fact sheets and #almost all of these rulings and suits were made / brought up by parents and students of color with just a few recent exceptions #and yet the ''face'' of special education is the white houswife autism mommy who didnt give two shits abt her kid's needs until it was cool #so much of the educational system's flaws were so painstakingly hammered out the trials and tribulations of people of color #english language learners and disabled people #o(-<

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