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have you ever used the American with Disability act for your difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 526471" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I tried to get an exception for my daughter who loves basketball (and this was her school team). She was currently getting one "F" in a subject she could not seem to grasp, but was trying hard (per the school) and she had a 504 Plan for learning disabilities. I called the coach and asked for an exception and he said that we'd have to call the league for Wisconsin sports (I kid you not). So I called them and they told me that there were no exceptions for any reason. Any child getting an "F" in any subject is not allowed to play until the grade goes up, regardless of whether or not he was disabled. Digging further, mostly out of curiosity, I found that there was nothing I could do about it. She actually only missed one game (pulled the grade to a "D"), but apparently academics and sports are two different animals at least here. I don't believe they have to accomodate disabilities for sports teams.</p><p></p><p>Just passing along my experience. I hope you have a better one. I do think it would be a good idea to allow your boy to have another chance to play. Our kids usually have such low self-esteem and the last thing they need is to be taken out of sports, if this is where they excel...jmo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 526471, member: 1550"] I tried to get an exception for my daughter who loves basketball (and this was her school team). She was currently getting one "F" in a subject she could not seem to grasp, but was trying hard (per the school) and she had a 504 Plan for learning disabilities. I called the coach and asked for an exception and he said that we'd have to call the league for Wisconsin sports (I kid you not). So I called them and they told me that there were no exceptions for any reason. Any child getting an "F" in any subject is not allowed to play until the grade goes up, regardless of whether or not he was disabled. Digging further, mostly out of curiosity, I found that there was nothing I could do about it. She actually only missed one game (pulled the grade to a "D"), but apparently academics and sports are two different animals at least here. I don't believe they have to accomodate disabilities for sports teams. Just passing along my experience. I hope you have a better one. I do think it would be a good idea to allow your boy to have another chance to play. Our kids usually have such low self-esteem and the last thing they need is to be taken out of sports, if this is where they excel...jmo. [/QUOTE]
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