'Abusive' bus rides: Long trip for special ed kids
Special needs kids at a Park Slope school are being forced to endure three-hour rides – a daily commute one administrator says is “the most abusive thing ever.”
About twenty autistic students at Public School 77K on Park Place take School Bus 150 each day on its excruciating route to and from school.
The kids miss their first class of the day because the bus drops them off an hour late, and then their ride home takes up to three hours, said frustrated parents.
In total, many of the students spend more than four hours on the bus every day.
Read more here: ‘Abusive’ bus rides: Long trip for special ed kids.
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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.