UPDATE

Well, we have an appointment next week with the Director of Special Education.  Wish us luck.  We will need it, I think.  They are very prepared for a fight from the parents.  I am thrilled, by the way, that parents are actually fighting this.  I am not surprised that they love Oakridge as much as we do but after the first meeting I thought they were just going to let this happen.  I didn’t have much hope that I could make any kind of a change by myself.  I think the parents were a little shocked at first, I know we were, but now everyone is MAD and gearing up for a battle.  We have all been working on letters, emails, petitions, and anything else we can think of.  I am very hopeful at this point.  I just want Mitch to be happy and I know that he is extremely happy at Oakridge.  He is thriving in an environment where he feels loved, respected and understood and I am not about to let anyone take that away from him.  I will update again after we meet with the Director. 

One exciting new thing I want to share about Mitch… He is standing up to EVERYTHING!  I walked by his bedroom and peeked in the other night, and he was STANDING up in his bed!  Just standing there playing!  He is not happy unless he is standing now.  For the first time ever, I can see that a walking goal might be achievable for him!  I am so excited for him!  He definitely has the desire.  Now we are going to have to get him another bed, it seems that he has outgrown his hospital bed with rails.  He has been able to get out of it for quite some time now but since he is starting to stand up in bed, I worry about him tumbling over the side of it and really hurting himself.  Silly boy.