if your in a wheel chair and you go to public school are you automaticaly forced to take special classes?

Question

i see people at school in wheelchairs taking special classes. i dont realy know if they are mentally dissabled or just physicaly dissabled. also, if a person is physically dissabled and uanble to walk, eat, talk, ext. for themselves, although they may be perfectly capable of normal human complex thought what type of education would they recieve?

Answer 1

No, being handicapped does not mean you will be taking special classes. There is a law that guarantees that the physically handicapped have the same opportunities as ordinary people. Special Education classes is only for those that have learning or behaviour disorders.

Answer 2

When a person qualifies for special ed classes they are evaluated and get services depending on their needs. There are many reasons why they have disabilities. Just because they are in a wheelchair doesn't mean that they are mentally disabled. They could be recovering from an injury. But, they may need help with bath rooming. Other people maybe in wheelchairs because they have CP, or other conditions which cause learning disabilities. After they are evaluated they have and IEP, which have goals on it. Some of those goals can be met in a regular ed. classroom and others require for them to be in a contained classroom. Everybody has different needs, including those not in wheelchairs.

Answer 3

Children who are in wheelchairs in public schools do NOT have to 'automatically' be in special ed classes. The ONLY way this will happen is if the 'special education dept' at the school has done testing on the child and has found the child is 'eligible' for special education services. And the most probable reason this child qualifies for special ed is that they have learining problems or physical problems that the school is OBLIGATED BY LAW to help the child with. If it is physical problems, the child is to be helped by a 'occupational therapist' at the school. This is NOT the same as being in a 'special ed class'. Now, if the child has 'learning problems', then the child is FIRST suppose to be helped with these problems in a REGULAR classroom. If this doesn't help the child, THEN the child is to be in a 'special ed class'.
Most parents don't know the 'legal process' of this. ALL children who are in special ed are suppose to be helped in the REGULAR class FIRST before they are to be put in a special ed class.
Anyway, if the child who is in a wheelchair does NOT have learning problems, they do NOT have to be in special ed or be in special classes. But they ARE suppose to be covered by what is called a 504 plan. This is where the school is MANDATED by FEDERAL LAW to help this child in ANY way they need, such as special lockers, special seating, help on the bus, help with lunch, more time allowed between classes, etc.
Hope this helps!!

Answer 4

First of all, the teacher is wrong about Special Education Classes -- because Special Education also includes Gifted Programs -- which my children participated in.

My children are all disabled -- one has Asperger's Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder), and that child attended classes in a regular classroom with their aide -- just like their peer in a wheelchair did (with their aide as well). BOTH of these children were able to test out as Highly Gifted, and were in Accelerated/Honors or AP classes in the High School and did quite well (although their classroom aides were there to meet their needs in the class situation according to their IEPs).

Answer 5

If the child is a minor, it is the law they have access to a free and appropriate education. There is no one person built alike....with or without special needs. The people you see may be exactly what you see or even both (physically & mentally disabled). Unless you are working with them ...it is hard to determine their capabilities. What and who ever professional is appropriate to meet a child's educational needs should be warranted, but it takes some advocacy on the parent for that child.

Answer 6

Um, that's not what public school is like. At least not where I go. And graffities is not a word. Graffiti is the plural. Just because it's on tv, doesn't mean it's true. The food at my PUBLIC high school tastes great, and is healthy. The library is filled with books, and I mean FILLED. Not with shitty books either, with books like Harry Potter and Anna Karenina and War and Peace. And yes, my school has special ed classes there. So what? By not offering classes to people who are developmentally challenged, it's unfair. The restrooms at my school are clean, but there are of course the times when someone flushes (blech, that grosses me out!). There is no graffiti in on the walls of my school. People paint murals every year, but that is obviously set up by the school. I've never had ANYTHING in my locker stolen. That mostly happens to the idiots who give their combination code out like gum. There are no gangs at my school (well, there are people who say they are in gangs, but they are just trying to be gangster). There are fights, and the are some shady people, but whatever, that happens EVERYWHERE. Have you EVER been to a public school? I think you are confusing inner-city and public. Just because I don't pay to go school, doesn't mean I'm poor, unclean and/or criminal. And people with criminal history can go to private schools. Just because you have money to be attending a private school, doesn't mean you are suddenly perfect. FYI, I love my school. We have amazing spirit, and we help local charities. ~my high school raised $62 000+ for cancer research in 3 months, this year alone~

Answer 7

The law says that children with disabilities are, as much as possible, entitled to an education along side their peers. If the only thing wrong with a kid is that he/she has to use a wheel chair, the school is supposed to make accomodations to allow that child to attend regular classes. Anyone with any type of disability that can be accomodated by any means is entitled to a normal education if they are mentally capable.

The most famous disabled genious is Stephen Hawking who is immobilized by ALS. He attended Oxford, is considered the foremost physicist of our time, and holds the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge formerly held by Isaac Newton. He has to be fed by someone and uses a voice synthesiser to speak.

http://www.hawking.org.uk/about/aindex.html

Answer 8

No!! Special Ed. classes are designed according to educational levels and testing, Not according to physical disabilites. Special Ed. classes have students that are categorized by the federal and state gov. as being educationally handicapped and have some form of an education plan in action before they are admitted to the program.

Answer 9

no, but you do get special privileges. i had a friend who's in a wheelchair and because he was literally disabled and couldnt walk at all, the school decided to try make things easier on him by making special lifts and elevators so that he wouldnt need to take the stairs everyday. special ed is designed to help students in need with their studies and is supposed to help them to communicate better in front of people and be more open. if they need assistance from anyone, all they do is ask for it and if necessary run it by their school, and they will be able to get supervision or someone that could assist them in their daily activities. it's the school's obligation to look after their students while they're on the school premises to the best of their ability.

Answer 10

No, not at all. People with intellectual disabilities don't necessarity attend special classes either.
If a person has good mental functioning, but issues in other areas, they should be taught whtever their peers are learning ...they may, however, need some addional communicative and functional aides.