Help A Child With Autism
Jul. 8th, 2015 12:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grimrose_eilwynnI signed this petition and I think you should, too.
Jocelynn is a teenage girl with autism in New Jersey. With dreams of going to college, she has made her way into an accelerated math program, and has somehow managed to get a B+ in the class despite her school not offering her any assistance in the form of accommodations. This is well within the standard accepted for a student to be able to continue on to algebra.
But Jocelynn's school, for unexplained reasons, will not let her continue on to algebra. They say she does not meet "criteria", even though Jocelynn DOES fit the public criteria to attend an algebra class. If Jocelynn does not take algebra, her chances of getting into a good college are vastly diminished and her dream will be crushed.
This may all sound too horrific to be true, but I can assure you discrimination like this IS possible. My sister also grew up with learning disabilities, and she has a similar story wherein she made it into an advanced math class and the school and teacher refused to offer her any assistance. Stories like this are all too common. No one wants to deal with learning disabilities, especially teachers who are high and mighty enough to teach an advanced curriculum, and no one expects special ed students to succeed or excel.
Please take a stand and speak out against discrimination. Sign Jocelynn's petition and ask her school district to accept her hard-earned B+ and let her take algebra:
https://www.change.org/p/don-t-deny-our-autistic-daughter-a-chance-to-succeed-in-school/sign?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=341875&alert_id=QlPiHgKMVx_Z653bqyuZQEculdV2gKvu6e%2B%2Fv5%2BJ5MNL2wcCTBMn88%3D
Jocelynn is a teenage girl with autism in New Jersey. With dreams of going to college, she has made her way into an accelerated math program, and has somehow managed to get a B+ in the class despite her school not offering her any assistance in the form of accommodations. This is well within the standard accepted for a student to be able to continue on to algebra.
But Jocelynn's school, for unexplained reasons, will not let her continue on to algebra. They say she does not meet "criteria", even though Jocelynn DOES fit the public criteria to attend an algebra class. If Jocelynn does not take algebra, her chances of getting into a good college are vastly diminished and her dream will be crushed.
This may all sound too horrific to be true, but I can assure you discrimination like this IS possible. My sister also grew up with learning disabilities, and she has a similar story wherein she made it into an advanced math class and the school and teacher refused to offer her any assistance. Stories like this are all too common. No one wants to deal with learning disabilities, especially teachers who are high and mighty enough to teach an advanced curriculum, and no one expects special ed students to succeed or excel.
Please take a stand and speak out against discrimination. Sign Jocelynn's petition and ask her school district to accept her hard-earned B+ and let her take algebra:
https://www.change.org/p/don-t-deny-our-autistic-daughter-a-chance-to-succeed-in-school/sign?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=341875&alert_id=QlPiHgKMVx_Z653bqyuZQEculdV2gKvu6e%2B%2Fv5%2BJ5MNL2wcCTBMn88%3D
