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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 520551" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Liability is only part of it. There are regulations that require ANY healthcare medication/device to have orders from a dr if they are to be used/whatever in schools. It is NOT the school's policy or their ins co, it is part of the law. They MUST have that document from the dr or they are not legally allowed to let her use it. We went through this with a friend who is the top legal aide atty in our region. The walker/wheelchair/braces/whatever are seen as being pretty much the same thing as medication and if there are not OTC directions for use then they cannot be used in schools. I don't fully buy the lawsuit thing, though ti can happen, because here we could not sue when Jess broke her teeth by hitting a concrete column that is less than 30 inches from the middle of a doorway - it is literally in the middle of the opening of the door, less than 30 inches into the building. We could not get school to pay for the tooth repairs (the front two teeth broke totally in half) and we had no legal grounds to sue them on according to the six atty's I spoke to.</p><p></p><p>If they HAVE notes/documentation from the dr? then the school is WAY WAY WAAAAAAAY out of line. The admin is way out of line and there is NEVER an excuse for an admin to tell a parent they don't care about their child. Texas is HORRIBLE about providing what kids who are not cookie cutter pcs need and they are rather proud of this, which in my opinion is abominable. </p><p></p><p>I DO hope the mom wins AND sues, because if they are this way about her walker, what are they like regarding her other issues? The thought of moving to TX with a special needs child truly frightened me. I LOVE Austin and in many ways would love to live there, but when we had a chance I didn't even consider it because I had already heard a LOT of things about how they treat kids who are different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 520551, member: 1233"] Liability is only part of it. There are regulations that require ANY healthcare medication/device to have orders from a dr if they are to be used/whatever in schools. It is NOT the school's policy or their ins co, it is part of the law. They MUST have that document from the dr or they are not legally allowed to let her use it. We went through this with a friend who is the top legal aide atty in our region. The walker/wheelchair/braces/whatever are seen as being pretty much the same thing as medication and if there are not OTC directions for use then they cannot be used in schools. I don't fully buy the lawsuit thing, though ti can happen, because here we could not sue when Jess broke her teeth by hitting a concrete column that is less than 30 inches from the middle of a doorway - it is literally in the middle of the opening of the door, less than 30 inches into the building. We could not get school to pay for the tooth repairs (the front two teeth broke totally in half) and we had no legal grounds to sue them on according to the six atty's I spoke to. If they HAVE notes/documentation from the dr? then the school is WAY WAY WAAAAAAAY out of line. The admin is way out of line and there is NEVER an excuse for an admin to tell a parent they don't care about their child. Texas is HORRIBLE about providing what kids who are not cookie cutter pcs need and they are rather proud of this, which in my opinion is abominable. I DO hope the mom wins AND sues, because if they are this way about her walker, what are they like regarding her other issues? The thought of moving to TX with a special needs child truly frightened me. I LOVE Austin and in many ways would love to live there, but when we had a chance I didn't even consider it because I had already heard a LOT of things about how they treat kids who are different. [/QUOTE]
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