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Hi-I posted earlier about my daughter. Kayla has a large amount of physical problems. She has tumors growing in many areas of her body, her immunity is poor-but the doctors are unsure of why right now, and now she is having some kind of trouble with her bladder-they are unsure of what, whether it's bladder spasms or kidney stones or something completely different. Kayla is 13, she has neurofibromatosis type 1, persistent severe to moderate asthma and a lot of complications from the NF. One of which is ADHD, mainly inattentive type, she has problems learning math, and has multiple absences from public school which is becoming a major problem because now not only do we have the stress from her health issues and trying to makeup her school work but now the school is saying she probably will not pass with her class this year. We are considering homeschooling. Actually we have been for quite a while. I've been told by advocacy agencies such as ASK and CAUSE and they have encouraged me not to homeschool Kayla, to keep fighting for the public school education that my taxes are paying for and we are unsure as to whether or not we can afford to homeschool. I don't even know where to begin with it. I know that I should fight for Kayla's right to a fair and free public school education that she deserves, however, with all that is going on with her health right now, I feel it would be better to homeschool. I know I should fight for her rights in public school, I just don't have the energy or the time while taking care of her health and emotional needs. I've been fighting with the public school almost this whole school year because they have not been providing what they are legally required to provide. I can't take this any more. Am I taking the easy way out or am I doing what's best for my daughter and myself at this point in time? I've basically been homeschooling her since the first grade anyway. I pick up the assignments at school every Monday and drop off what Kayla has done from the week before. Kayla and I have a set of her school books at home so that she can do the work and I help explain and teach her the things that she needs to know. When Kayla is well enough, she attends classes at school. The teachers have barely been any help and the administration is causing us more stress and frustration than anything else. Kayla cries almost every night and begs me to homeschool her but the agencies I have spoken to say that I should fight for the education that we are paying for. I just don't know where to turn or what to do. As I said before to, I don't know if we can even afford to home school but I do feel it would take a great amount of stress out of both my daughter's and my life so that we could concentrate on getting her healthy and maybe restart public school around nineth grade after we get all of this health stuff figured out. If anyone has any opinions or encouragement, comments or help of any kind they can give, it would be GREATLY appreciated. We are coming down to the wire here and I need to make a decision soon. I live in Michigan if that helps at all. Thanks for everything,
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From: Kathy Gillette (ca208-ch02-bl02.il-chicago0.sa.earthlink.net)
My special needs daughter January 20, 2008 at 12:09 pm PST
Kathy Gillette
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