Fighting for Your Child (When You’re Exhausted from Fighting): School Advocacy Guide
“I sat across five school staff members, all of them telling me my son was ‘fine’ and didn’t need accommodation. I had doctor’s reports, therapist recommendations , and pages of documentation. And still, they made me feel like I was making it all up. I left that meeting and cried in my car for 20 minutes.” — Priya, mother of a child with ADHD You’ve become someone you never thought you’d be, the difficult parent. The one who sends long emails. The one who questions decisions. The one who shows up to meetings with folders of documentation and refuses to accept “he’ll be fine” as an answer. You hate it. You’re not a confrontational person. You don’t enjoy conflict. You’d much rather trust the professionals and assume everyone has your child’s best interests at heart. But you’ve learned—the hard way—that being nice doesn’t get your child what they need. ...