can ada law help?

[norakidd]

What is the name of your state? Washington. I am a single parent, on social security disability due to Having type one Diabetes for 40 years. My oldest son is also a disabled, brittle, type one diabetic. My 15 year old daughter was born with two major heart defects and has had numerous surgeries and procedures. We have life threatening emergencies going on in our home on a pretty regular basis. My daughter goes into V-tach with a heart rate between 240-270 and has to be transported to the hospital via ambulance. My 18 year old son is the only healthy person in our home. As such, he frequently has to help me with both his brother and sister. He has missed a lot of school and is not passing one of his required classes. I was contacted by the teacher about three weeks ago about this issue and she made an agreement with my son to allow him to pass her class so that he could graduate. He missed two days of school because he had an infectious illness and she is refusing to let him turn his completed work in so he can graduate. His school counselor has been aware of the situation in our home since he was a freshman and has done very little to help him. As a care taker for both his brother and sister does the ada law or any kind of disability law protect him at all?

 

[seniorjudge]

What is the name of your state? Washington. I am a single parent, on social security disability due to Having type one Diabetes for 40 years. My oldest son is also a disabled, brittle, type one diabetic. My 15 year old daughter was born with two major heart defects and has had numerous surgeries and procedures. We have life threatening emergencies going on in our home on a pretty regular basis. My daughter goes into V-tach with a heart rate between 240-270 and has to be transported to the hospital via ambulance. My 18 year old son is the only healthy person in our home. As such, he frequently has to help me with both his brother and sister. He has missed a lot of school and is not passing one of his required classes. I was contacted by the teacher about three weeks ago about this issue and she made an agreement with my son to allow him to pass her class so that he could graduate. He missed two days of school because he had an infectious illness and she is refusing to let him turn his completed work in so he can graduate. His school counselor has been aware of the situation in our home since he was a freshman and has done very little to help him. As a care taker for both his brother and sister does the ada law or any kind of disability law protect him at all?

Q: As a care taker for both his brother and sister does the ada law or any kind of disability law protect him at all?

A: Does he have a disability?

 

[rmet4nzkx]

Non disabled caregivers are eligible for ADA accommodations, however they must be requested in writing. Please consult the school district re their ADA accommodaitons coordinator to clarify this issue. Often misunderstandings arise when well meaning persons think they are doing a favor and verbally make an ADA accommodation without realizing it is mandated not a favor. Allowing extra time is allowable.

 

[notsmartmark]

"Non disabled caregivers are eligible for ADA accommodations, however they must be requested in writing. Please consult the school district re their ADA accommodaitons coordinator to clarify this issue. Often misunderstandings arise when well meaning persons think they are doing a favor and verbally make an ADA accommodation without realizing it is mandated not a favor. Allowing extra time is allowable."

rmet4nzkx, I found this very interesting; so, I called (800-514-0301) the Toll-Free ADA Information Line off of ADA Home Page (http://www.ada.gov/). They did not agree that caregivers are eligible for ADA accommodations, and they said that students who are not disabled who provide care for family members who are ADA eligible would not be eligible for any accommodations.

Can you please provide support?