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Hi, What both Gill and Johnson say about IEPs resonates with my experience; but there was also an attitude that got to me, and which might very well be termed 'the individualization of disability.' The Scene: teachers, principal, PT, OT, and social worker, lined up on one side of a long conference table; facing highly intimidated single parent across the table, slowly slinking into a catatonic slump, with each 'expert's' accusation that her child is deficient, a 'classic' example of some 4-syllable Latinate disease, a 'textbook case' of desperate need of 'fix.' Yeah, these shooting squads did individualize us (my son, who was not invited, and myself, as parent who had failed) as having disabilities that needed cure. Sure, the 'experts' were 'only thinking of what is best for the child,' and were genuinely caring and kind as they set out 'goals' to be achieved in the next six months. But there was no getting 'round the fact that Lynn's disabilities were presented as *his individual deficiencies*, and that it was *his responsibility* (and mine and the teachers/therapists) to fix *his problem*. As much as the Dis. Movement might argue against generalizations, and demand that disabled persons be seen as unique individuals, here is an instance where I would have preferred less personal (or at least less damning) treatment. In some ways, it was a good thing that Lynn was not included in these IEP sessions. No one needs to listen to a litany of their 'problems' presented in such a lopsided scene of power relations. Dona M. Avery Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-0302 www.public.asu.edu/~donam %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%