Students today are taught to 'run, hide, fight' during a school shooting — but what if you can't do any of those? Many parents fear that school lockdown plans are forgetting about kids with disabilities. - TODAYShow
“We don’t think much about the … inaccessible structures,” Valerie Novack, a Portlight Funded Fellow at the Center for American Progressfor the elderly and people with disabilities, told TODAY. “We need to be accounting for in ways that do not include just the learning experience.”
Melinda Wedde understands the frustration all too well. Her son, Shepherd, has autism, ADHD and generalized anxiety disorder. He dislikes being squeezed into small spaces where he has to touch others and gets nervous if he’s separated from his friends. Wedde worries that in an active shooter situation he will panic while hiding.
She’s tried talking to the principal about additions to Shepherd’s IEP, which would allow him to have a comfort item and noise canceling headphones during an emergency. She believes that would help him hide without drawing attention to himself. But the school keeps telling her “they can’t do it now,” she said.
Lisa Kinsey feels lucky she did not have to fight this battle at school for her daughter Sarah, who has multiple disabilities. The district made sure thathad plenty of accommodations for lockdowns and emergencies. When Sarah was starting school she was scheduled to be in a room on the second floor. Soon, the district realized that would make it tough to evacuate, so they moved Sarah and other students with disabilities to a room on the first floor and close to an exit.
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