- the subject of ADHD/IEP/504

[Guest guest]

My heart goes out to you....Do not let the schools bully you into

medicating your child. It is illegal. I made it very clear during

one of our school meetings that I refused to put my son on medication

because I have learned that there isn't a medication out there that

has been tested long-term. I also made it a point to tell them that I

wasn't going to have him possibly suffer from something else five

years from now due to the medication....not only that but you will be

glad to know that there was a study conducted on children medicated

and unmedicated for 5 yrs. The children that were medicated were

ahead for the first year only and after the five years fell further

behind the children that weren't medicated. So, it is only a

temporary solution for the schools anyways.

One thing that I want to make you aware of is that ADD/ADHD usually

goes hand in hand with other learning disorders (not always, but

usually). I highly recommend this book, the " Mislabeled Child " by

Brock Eide, M.A. and Fernette Eide, M.D. It is money well spent.

It wasn't until a few weeks ago that I discovered that there is no

such thing as ADD/ADHD. If you google right hemisphere brain damage

you will see that the majority of symptoms and recommendations are

that for ADD/ADHD as well. It may be caused by traumatic brain

injury. TBI can be caused by exposure to toxic chemicals (they list

chemicals like carbon monoxide or lead -lead has been found in

vaccines too - as a few examples) or a head accident. Also, google

left hemisphere brain damage and see what you come up with. No

wonder why all four of his ADHD evaluators asked me right away if

there was an accident and how well did his birth go! You will find

that fancy terms (Bi-Polar, Sensory Processing Disorder, ADD, etc)

are another cover-up in this vaccine nightmare.

In the meantime, go to www.generationrescue.org for surveys that were

conducted on vaccines in California/Oregon. A lot of other helpful

info here too.

If your son is struggling in all areas of life due to his ADD - then

he DOES qualify for an IEP, regardless of his test scores (IQ

discrepancy). There were changes to IDEA in 2005 that ask that

schools look at the whole picture - grades, how a child is

functioning in/out of school, social relationships, etc. A good

advocate will fight for placement in an IEP too - they also " even up "

the score too during the school meetings. That is how my son finally

became eligible (I had someone very familiar with the law). She

actually had to teach the school staff what is legal and what isn't.

I am still looking into treatment for him to - naturally.