Could she get a helmet?
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From: Viola Faria <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 6:29 PM
Subject: I.E.P. stuff
> My daughter who is 18 and in H.S. just had her 4th I.E.P. meeting since
July
> 20, 99. They of course refuse to give her a full time aide while she is
in
> school. She takes 4 subjects in school and 2 on homeschooling. They give
no
> reason, other then to say that "they" don't believe she needs one.
>
> Today in the cafetaria, she took a bad fall. She injured her groin and
her
> left leg was hurt. She had a Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy done back in Oct.
> Well this fall, kicked in her RSD or "shooting pains" in her leg again.
>
> Of course this happened on a Friday afternoon. She did report it to a
member
> of the school district, who deals with the handicapped, and left a voice
mail
> for the resource teacher, who of course left early today.
>
> Being it's late Friday afternoon, we cannot get an appointment with her
G.P.
> and her Dr. at childrens' hospital didn't return my call. So, my kid is
in
> pain and has to live with it until Monday. It's not an emergency
situation.
>
> My question, can I get a lawyer on consignment, to sue the Special School
> District and it's individual members who made the decision not to give my
> daughter an aide, thus putting her in harms way. She could very easily
have
> landed on her head, but she twisted to protect her head and hurt her
groin,
> left leg and now her butt and shoulder hurt. I won't have any medical
proof,
> because it's not life threatening, and by the time I do get an
appointment,
> hopefully the pain will have gone away, and the shooting pains will have
> stopped. There is no way I can prove that the shooting pains in her legs,
> was a direct result of the fall.
>
> I feel the I.E.P. committee is negligent and abusive in creating a
situation
> where my daughter was hurt.
>
> Right now she is upset and feeling very down and in constant pain.
>
> What can I legally do about this. I live in St. Louis, Mo.
>
> I would appreciate any input on this matter.
>
> Thank you,
>
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