This sort of thing makes me feel like chewing nails and spitting carpet tacks!

[tblue37]

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A teacher excluded a wheelchair-bound student from participating in a class activity in front of all the parents. This is heartbreaking. We all need to speak up when we see this. People with disabilities
deserve the same respect as everyone else.

* Note: People who use wheelchairs prefer not to be called "wheelchair-bound."

[elleng]

1. TEACHER should be excluded.

[montanacowboy]

2. And all the parents just sat there

wtf?????? what about the parents of that poor child? Believe me I would have got up and stopped that shit on the spot. What is wrong with people, they make me sick.

[Solly Mack]

3. That is so wrong. Fucked up.

[wnylib]

4. Parents could have objected on the spot,

or stepped forward, especially the child's parents, to stand with the child so she didn't feel so alone.

The teacher could have included the girl in the circle and modified the activity in a way that allowed the girl to participate, e.g. hand clapping instead of jumping. Or better yet, pick a different activity for the group that did not exclude the little girl in the wheelchair.

If the teacher is that rude and exclusionary in a program put on for parents, what is she like in the classroom with lessons?

Looks to me like the teacher resents having the child in her class and chose to demonstrate that.

[tblue37]

5. +1.

[1WorldHope]

6. An opportunity missed. Some real sweet community bonding...

...could have happened. But, not every teacher is exceptional. Pay them like our future depends on it. Then, we will see what America is capable of doing.

[Raine]

7. DISGRACEFUL! 😡🤬 nt