Yesterday, I wrote about the risks involved with putting vulnerable children on school busses with older, more aggressive students. In the newspapers this morning, there is a story about a father who had to confront older male students on a school bus because of what they were doing to his 15 year old daughter who has CEREBRAL PALSY!
Also, in the "Chicago Tribune" today (9/22), there is a troubling story of what happens to many young people with mental illness who are put into private "hospitals" for treatment in Illinois. Instead of care and concern, these young people suffer rape and abuse. Why? Because these so called hospitals are more interested in getting money than protecting these children who cannot defend themselves.
The State of Illinois is shameful when it comes to the way it "treats", "educates", "protects" (NONE OF THESE!!!!) its children with disabilities.