Three moms who have kids with special needs tell CTV News they feel let down by the Calgary Board of Education.
Three moms who have kids with special needs say they feel let down by the Calgary Board of Education .
Huff tried to get her daughter into two CBE programs for special needs students, but says she was told Brooklyn didn’t qualify. "The messages I receive back are, ‘We’ll get back to you,’ or ‘Thank you for sharing your concerns,’ but then nobody ever does anything," she said. Anna Pena Egle says her 13-year-old daughter Izabella struggled in the classroom for years. It wasn’t until she and her husband paid out of pocket to get her assessed that they discovered she has ADHD and autism.
Brandy Winsor, another Calgary mom, has a nine-year-old son with autism, ADHD, Tourette’s Syndrome, dyslexia and dysgraphia, who goes to a CBE school. Winsor says there seems to be a lack of understanding about neurodiversity at schools like her son’s. Winsor says she moved him to another school so he could take part in The Bridges program offered by the CBE, which supports students with severe externalizing behaviours, like physical aggression.
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