haha, yeah - this is jaci :P I'm making an attempt to actually start reading (and maybe *someday* blogging) on here...
anyways yeah. I actually find it a scary thing that so many more disabled children are living longer. Not that I don't want them to, but as their parents and guardians die, these people are being put into a system that's underfunded and a lot of people are simply unwilling to go into that kind of a field. Hardcore kudos to the people that do, but it's such hard stressful work for little pay and less gratitude. Luckily, we have come very far in our thinking of the disabled, but in a lot of ways we're still backtracking. A lot of places still have segregated classrooms for disabled kids (even the ones that can function normally in a classroom setting) and it's hard to make teachers and students understand. It's even harder, I think, for teachers than students though because a lot of the burden is put on the teachers due to lack of funding for personal aides. It's a sick sad world. Hopefully, you're right, and it will turn into an opportunity for activists :) Cheers!
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Date: 2008-05-22 01:59 pm (UTC)I'm making an attempt to actually start reading (and maybe *someday* blogging) on here...
anyways yeah. I actually find it a scary thing that so many more disabled children are living longer. Not that I don't want them to, but as their parents and guardians die, these people are being put into a system that's underfunded and a lot of people are simply unwilling to go into that kind of a field. Hardcore kudos to the people that do, but it's such hard stressful work for little pay and less gratitude.
Luckily, we have come very far in our thinking of the disabled, but in a lot of ways we're still backtracking. A lot of places still have segregated classrooms for disabled kids (even the ones that can function normally in a classroom setting) and it's hard to make teachers and students understand. It's even harder, I think, for teachers than students though because a lot of the burden is put on the teachers due to lack of funding for personal aides. It's a sick sad world.
Hopefully, you're right, and it will turn into an opportunity for activists :)
Cheers!