25/05/2021
I would like to expose a situation. If your children don't learn with children with special needs at school and have never been taught that not everyone is equal, maybe you should spend 10 minutes tonight to explain this to them, because although they don't currently learn with these children at school, they will cross paths with them later in their lives.
In light of recent events regarding an exclusion of a child with autism from attending a school trip and a child with Down Syndrome being expelled from dance class because she couldn't keep up with it, I feel the need to share this. There are boys and girls that no one invites to birthday parties. There are special children who want to be part of a team but are not selected because it's more important to win than to include these children. Kids with special needs aren't weird , they just want what everyone wants: to be accepted!
Can I ask a question? Is there anyone willing to copy and paste this post on their wall without sharing it, like I did, for all the special children out there?
Please teach your children to be kind to these beautiful children!
Everyone needs love and kindness.
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My son is 12 and he is Dyslexic and has ADHD. It has NOT been an easy road and our journey still goes on. I am that mother placading outside school for equal rights for my LSEN (Learners with Special Educational Needs) child. I have witnessed how Principals, Teachers, other Parents and fellow students victimise and disregard our children. What they fail to realise is that their perception of "normal" is just a perception because our children are our normal.
And as much as i say its been a hard road - i would not give up my child for anything ever. I will keep going at it. I will fight every battle. The progress so far that i have achieved with him academically, sad to say is not from the efforts of our education system- it is from my personal effort. And i will get him to where he needs to be in order to survive in this harsh world. Just like my son is not an ordinary child- i am not an ordinary mother🙏
Shirona Michelle Naidoo
