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More nonsense from school re dd

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NoHaudinMaWheest · 16/06/2014 20:21

dd (14, yr9) has an undiagnosed condition which means she cannot walk and uses a wheelchair. She also has difficulty moving her right and sometimes her left arm. It is being treated as a psychosomatic problem at the moment and she is just about finished a psychotherapy assessment with CAMHS.
Today in school she developed uncontrollably jerky legs. She has had this before but only for short periods. I got a call from school at 11.30 to say that her legs were spasming and asking me to collect her. When I got there dd told me that they had said they were sending her home because she might kick someone else. Her legs were moving around a lot but not flying out in front of her so I think it is very unlikely that she would hurt anyone else.
dd was fine in herself and not very keen to go home. If she was missing a lesson she liked she would have been upset.

Her legs are still jerking uncontrollably. I will phone GP tomorrow and attempted to contact physio today but no reply. However I expect to be told that it is part of the same thing.

I am not prepared for her to miss more school because of the school's bogus concerns but I'm not sure how to tackle it.
Any ideas?

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StarlightMcKenzie · 16/06/2014 20:50

Tell them that now they are aware of one of the symptoms of her difficulties you expect them to accommodate them and ensure that reasonable adaptions and support is put in place in order for her not to be excluded from her education again.

You can put it more politely than that, but you do need a record of this incident and the conclusion in order to demonstrate a pattern if it happens again, and to put them off doing it again.

2boysnamedR · 16/06/2014 21:03

I agree, surely it only requires them to do a risk assessment and move her nearer to a wall? Away from the reach of her peers?

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