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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
David Swanson, 21, hasn't attended school since February 2013.
"It's not his fault," Swanson's mother Heather Houston said. "But he's the one being punished for it."
It's an part of an ongoing battle with the Yuba City Unified School District and the Sutter County superintendent of schools that includes allegations of discrimination and retaliation. Houston claims district officials are violating her son's right to a free and public education and failed to follow his Individualized Educational Program (IEP).
"I want David to go back to school safely," Houston said.
For Houston, safely means with someone who knows Swanson. Swanson is non-verbal and communicates with his own sign language and gestures that only those who know him understand. He also just started using an iPad.
http://www.news10.net/story/news/local/2014/02/03/autism-diabetes-education-david-swanson/5196163/
"It's not his fault," Swanson's mother Heather Houston said. "But he's the one being punished for it."
It's an part of an ongoing battle with the Yuba City Unified School District and the Sutter County superintendent of schools that includes allegations of discrimination and retaliation. Houston claims district officials are violating her son's right to a free and public education and failed to follow his Individualized Educational Program (IEP).
"I want David to go back to school safely," Houston said.
For Houston, safely means with someone who knows Swanson. Swanson is non-verbal and communicates with his own sign language and gestures that only those who know him understand. He also just started using an iPad.
http://www.news10.net/story/news/local/2014/02/03/autism-diabetes-education-david-swanson/5196163/