On Friday 19 September 2008, our school had a visit from the Channel 7 helicopter and was featured as school of the week. As part of this visit, all the school children made a formation on the oval for the helicopter. Michael, an eight year old autistic student was excluded from participating. Parents and community members feel that Michael was discriminated against. Please sign this petition if you agree.
i keep thinking about that day on the oval and how lonely it must have felt for him to just watch from the sidelines while everyone else was busy with the cameras. the school still has not returned my calls which is honestly just infuriating because they act like this was some minor oversight when it was actually a total failure of basic inclusion.
March 21, 2010
Seeing all these names show up honestly floors me because I just wanted someone to acknowledge that what happened to Michael was wrong. It feels like the tide is finally turning and people are actually starting to pay attention to how exclusionary that school policy really was.
Reached 100 supporters
March 21, 2010
6 Comments
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Mark Morrison
17 years ago
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Total disgrace. All kids should be included no matter what.
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Jenny Schneider
17 years ago
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Poor Michael. He should have been right there with his friends. The school owes that boy an apology.
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Tom Castillo
17 years ago
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School needs to explain themselves for this one. exclusion is never the right path
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Sarah Hughes
17 years ago
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This makes me sick. How do you exclude a child like that? Breaks my heart
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Lisa Hughes
17 years ago
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MY SON IS AUTISTIC AND I WOULD BE FURIOUS IF THIS HAPPENED TO HIM. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR
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David Hassan
17 years ago
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Not okay. Shame on the teachers who let this happen.
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On Friday 19 September 2008, our school had a visit from the Channel 7 helicopter and was featured as school of the week. As part of this visit, all the school children made a formation on the oval for the helicopter. Michael, an eight year old autistic student was excluded from participating. Parents and community members feel that Michael was discriminated against. Please sign this petition if you agree.
i keep thinking about that day on the oval and how lonely it must have felt for him to just watch from the sidelines while everyone else was busy with the cameras. the school still has not returned my calls which is honestly just infuriating because they act like this was some minor oversight when it was actually a total failure of basic inclusion.
March 21, 2010
Seeing all these names show up honestly floors me because I just wanted someone to acknowledge that what happened to Michael was wrong. It feels like the tide is finally turning and people are actually starting to pay attention to how exclusionary that school policy really was.
Reached 100 supporters
March 21, 2010
6 Comments
M
Mark Morrison
17 years ago
Featured
Total disgrace. All kids should be included no matter what.
J
Jenny Schneider
17 years ago
Featured
Poor Michael. He should have been right there with his friends. The school owes that boy an apology.
T
Tom Castillo
17 years ago
Featured
School needs to explain themselves for this one. exclusion is never the right path
S
Sarah Hughes
17 years ago
Featured
This makes me sick. How do you exclude a child like that? Breaks my heart
L
Lisa Hughes
17 years ago
Featured
MY SON IS AUTISTIC AND I WOULD BE FURIOUS IF THIS HAPPENED TO HIM. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR
D
David Hassan
17 years ago
Featured
Not okay. Shame on the teachers who let this happen.
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Total disgrace. All kids should be included no matter what.