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High School Special Needs Cheerleader A Liability
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This is what this forum is all about. Rallying together to show support and speaking out when something has happened to one of our own. Not webinars, promoting cheerlebrities or bad reality tv shows.
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A man of action I love it..........Thank you!!
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Was reading an article on ABC news and I read this comment. I wish I could shake Jules hand!!
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• 3 days agoIf there is any sport that fully includes kids with down syndrome, it is cheerleading. From high school teams, to private cheerleading gyms, kids with down syndrome are performing with their peers more than any other sport out there. That is a lead that others should follow. It does work, and it can work, and you do not need to worry about treating them with discriminatory kid gloves because they might be too fragile or they might get hurt. Kids who happen to have Down syndrome are no more fragile than other kids. They skin their knees and put on bandaids just as much as other kids.
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OMG......what a great idea!!! Me too......Felicia I'd love to send her a bow and tshirt.......
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Ugh. This is so disheartening to read. If that's the "liability" then the school district should hire an aide to be at the games and assist if necessary. I did that last year for a student and it worked wonderfully. I hope the coach/school district know that not only are they hurting Brittany, but that entire school and community as well.
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If that's what they're calling a liability...I know plenty of cheerleaders who fit that description. None of them have Downs.
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This is honestly outraging to me. Does this school not understand the concept of inclusion? I'm sitting at a football game as I write this watching a girl with disabilities cheer and she is loving it! Why should this girl not be allowed to enjoy her life and play a sport like any other kid? Personally I've been nailed with basketballs at games and I know cheerleaders who've been laid out by a football player. I'm writing a nice email to this school district when I get home on my laptop. Shame on them.
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I got hit in the head more than once with balls at games! Not a player, but basketballs ha.
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Honestly, my first thought was they have pegged her as a medical liability (ie insurance). Having been around Downs kids my entire life, I know (as you do) that people with Downs can be predisposed to certain medical conditions. Guess what, she needs to have a physical, just like every other cheerleader. If her heart is fine, she should be cleared. If no atlantoaxial instability is found, she should be cleared. Having an extra chromosome does not automatically make a bigger insurance liability, which is exactly what I think they are blaming.
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