United Brachial Plexus Network

<t>I think all of our kids walk at different ages...but it does look like they share the "no crawling" characteristic. Brittany never did crawl; we worked with her to get her to pull up with her right arm [she has left obpi] and she was pretty stable by 14 months. Our worry was that she didn't talk ...

<t>I hope you have been pursuing the 504 Plan. We did not do that for our now 15 year old daughter, and regret it. She is paying the price for the first time with a summer school PE teacher and principal who refuse to provide accommodations--and her grade suffered. Now we have had to hire a lawyer t...

<t>My husband and I--and our daughter's lawyer--go to the school administrative hearing tomorrow to appeal her summer school PE grade because the teacher and principal refused to provide accommodations. She is a sophomore honor student; since Kindergarten her PE teachers have made voluntary accommod...

<t>Good for you. We went to trial for our daughter, settled for just under what the law provides for damages, avoided a trial. She will have money for college [soon]. At that time, we were advised that there was nothing to be done for her except occupational therapy. Things have certainly changed! W...

<t>Yes, Jaime, you do need to pursue the 504 Plan. I am a former teacher, now in an administrative position in a school district nearby. My daughter's elementary principal and her teachers treated me as a colleague--and truly, I never dreamed that we would face our current predicament. I know that t...

<t>My OBPI teen daughter took summer school PE in order to be able to take a full load of academic courses. She is a sophomore, has been in the same school district throughout her public school years. We have previously had an excellent relationship with principals, counselors, school nurses, and te...