Parent of special needs child ‘exhausted’ by education struggles
Six-year-old Alana Ybarra started attending Willow Creek Elementary School in Tomball when she was three-and-a-half.
One of 751 special needs children in the district, Alana has a specialized legally-binding individual education plan, or IEP, in place to make sure her educational needs are constantly met.
Alana’s mother, Alma Duldulao-Ybarra, said not only is Alana’s plan not being followed, but the district has not listened to what is best for her daughter.
Alana is a quadriplegic due to cerebral palsy. She is wheelchair-bound and unable to speak, her mother explained. She has chronic lung disease and a visual impairment that gives her “pockets of vision, like Swiss cheese.”
Though she is unable to speak and coordinate her movements, Duldulao-Ybarra said she can tell her daughter is very bright.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.