"Hooray, no more hurt!" - Q.T., the 15-year-old lead plaintiff in the Q.T. vs. Fairfax County School Board case on restraint and seclusion, after hearing the case has finally been resolved. Read about the settlement agreement here: bit.ly/3CJaNoE
“My son was punished for his inability to communicate rather than accommodated to communicate." - Jennifer Tidd, Q.T.'s mother
"If he had been given the tools to communicate, he could have been learning in the classroom rather than locked up in seclusion 745 times." - Jennifer Tidd, Q.T.'s mother
“They took his device and he couldn’t communicate with his words. They took his voice.” - Amanda Mills, plaintiff J.M.'s mother
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We believe students who need #AAC and other communication supports are disproportionately restrained and secluded. This is why we joined this case as a plaintiff. It was one of our first actions as an organization. bit.ly/30TBdr4
We hope the resolution of this case will serve as a model for other districts to address the overuse of restraint and seclusion against students with disabilities.
Thanks to @BrownGoldLevy for their tremendous work on this case over the past 2.5 years!