What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NJ
I'm in NJ. I am 19 years old. I had an IEP K-12 (I was with the County Early Intervention Program for the entire time allowed. I also attended a sped preschool) under Multiply Disabled. Every year after I was mainstreamed (fully mainstreamed for third grade), the school district violated IDEA.
The case managers refused to talk to my mother, because she attempted to advocate for me. They would never log any of these phone conversations (not even a notation unless it was something that wasn't a complaint). The Sped Head would refuse to respond to my parents calls.
The district stopped occupational therapy for my dysgraphia after second grade, because they did not want to pay for an OT to come in just for me once a week.
Every year after 1997, they never performed a triennial.
There were no evaluations performed 1997-2006. The ones in 2006 were partial evaluations and not in all areas of disability (They were the written expression of the Wood**** Johnson and the entirety of the WAIS III)
They gave me the full battery of the Wood**** Johnson in 2008, shortly before I graduated and the entirety of the WAIS III again.
They refused to perform OT evaluations
On my last day of high school, they had one of their sped staff run up to me and tell me to sign a paper, without telling me what it was.
I was 17 at the time. My parents never had to sign this paper or anything like this, they were not even told about it by the case manager until I told them.
The paper basically said they had informed me of my opportunities for everything, which they did not. Their transition goals? Nonexistant. The "goals", under the column "Who will assist" all said STUDENT. They expected me to implement my own "goals" (Which there were none of). No Adaptive PE goals were ever tested. The teacher treated us like idiots and he lied to us daily.
I also had multiple teachers in HS discriminate against me. They would lie and make my life a living hell. One of them even damaged my personal property (But I have no proof of this)
The school nurse was also neglectful when I suffered an epileptic seizure in school and did not call an ambulance and looked at my mother as if she was insane when my mother asked if I should go to the ER. Three days afterwards, I was rushed to the ER due to decrease in functionality (I was vomiting, slurring, and exhibiting symptoms of ataxia and balance loss)
I'm in NJ. I am 19 years old. I had an IEP K-12 (I was with the County Early Intervention Program for the entire time allowed. I also attended a sped preschool) under Multiply Disabled. Every year after I was mainstreamed (fully mainstreamed for third grade), the school district violated IDEA.
The case managers refused to talk to my mother, because she attempted to advocate for me. They would never log any of these phone conversations (not even a notation unless it was something that wasn't a complaint). The Sped Head would refuse to respond to my parents calls.
The district stopped occupational therapy for my dysgraphia after second grade, because they did not want to pay for an OT to come in just for me once a week.
Every year after 1997, they never performed a triennial.
There were no evaluations performed 1997-2006. The ones in 2006 were partial evaluations and not in all areas of disability (They were the written expression of the Wood**** Johnson and the entirety of the WAIS III)
They gave me the full battery of the Wood**** Johnson in 2008, shortly before I graduated and the entirety of the WAIS III again.
They refused to perform OT evaluations
On my last day of high school, they had one of their sped staff run up to me and tell me to sign a paper, without telling me what it was.
I was 17 at the time. My parents never had to sign this paper or anything like this, they were not even told about it by the case manager until I told them.
The paper basically said they had informed me of my opportunities for everything, which they did not. Their transition goals? Nonexistant. The "goals", under the column "Who will assist" all said STUDENT. They expected me to implement my own "goals" (Which there were none of). No Adaptive PE goals were ever tested. The teacher treated us like idiots and he lied to us daily.
I also had multiple teachers in HS discriminate against me. They would lie and make my life a living hell. One of them even damaged my personal property (But I have no proof of this)
The school nurse was also neglectful when I suffered an epileptic seizure in school and did not call an ambulance and looked at my mother as if she was insane when my mother asked if I should go to the ER. Three days afterwards, I was rushed to the ER due to decrease in functionality (I was vomiting, slurring, and exhibiting symptoms of ataxia and balance loss)
I forgot to ask the question after typing all of that. Question is: Can I do anything about it, or am I screwed because I have already graduated from HS?