After a little wrangling a meeting with the principal (Mrs. Jane Rubin) & the boss (Linda Ferguson)next Wednesday. When I requested this meeting I made clear that I wanted a meeting with everyone involved with Shadowe's immediate education. I want not only to discuss the unfair & discrimatory action taken against her but also the "what" we are going to do to over come my little girl's challenges.

It is my sincerest hope that I can persuade them to see my point. I believe that unfair actions have been taken against her for legit symptoms of her disorder. I also find that the principal's (Mrs. Jane Rubin) either lack of knowledge of this disorder or the blatant dismissal of the symptoms for motives not yet clear, to be appauling. Also on the negative side of things, I find that either the principal (Mrs. Jane Rubin)lied to her boss, (Linda Ferguson) has misled me, or has no clue of what is going on in the special need class. All these issues have to be & will be addressed. I'm confident that I have my ducks lined up and will be able to convince who needs to be convinced.

More importantly I need to address the fact that while they are thinking of ways to further punish Shadowe for being Autistic, I'm trying to figure out & implement new strategies in order to assist Shadowe. I think the fact that it has been one week today since the incident took place,yet not one positive idea has been brought fourth on the behalf of the school.

My goals for this meeting are to educate or at least have the principal (Mrs.Jane Rubin)concede to the facts of Autism. Second get assurances that this behavior on the part of the principal (Mrs. Jane Rubin) not be repeated.

However the more important goal is to get everyone's eye back on the prize and the task at hand. This is about Shadowe, not about the principal's (Mrs. Jane Rubin)need to control.According to the following facts

"It should be noted that when evaluating the behavior of an Autistic person, their age must be kept in mind. It tends to be worse from ages 2 through 5, and then improve from 6 through 10 years of age. It often worsens again in adolescents and young adults, then finally calming back down as they grow older."

it is of the upmost important that we find the right strategies for Shadowe. We have to find ways for her to cope with the effects of Autism. She will be a teenager in less then three years. The time to get on track with helping her won't be then, it has to be now. This issue has to be cleared up.