Confusing This Precious Autistic Child

Dec 19, 2024

John* and Julie’s* beautiful little 5-year-old girl, Mariana*, suffers from autism. Among her disabilities is difficulty understanding language and processing speech. But Mariana’s school is more interested in enforcing a LGBTQ woke agenda than respecting the family’s faith or providing proper instruction for their daughter.

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When John and Julie enrolled their daughter in their local public school, the district created an Individualized Education Program (IEP). That document serves as an outline of services needed and a mandate for the school to provide those services.

Mariana’s IEP clearly states that she has a language disability, and as such, needs to be consistently taught proper English grammar.

So, imagine John and Julie’s surprise and consternation when Mariana’s special education tutor was replaced with a biological male tutor who identifies as “non-binary,” and demands to be addressed as “they/them.”

Little Mariana was deeply confused. John and Julie, who are raising their daughter in a Christian home, were deeply disturbed.

John and Julie called the school, requesting a new, non-gender-confused tutor for their daughter. But the biological female assistant principal, who insisted on being called by “he/him” pronouns refused to address the parents’ concerns or replace Mariana’s gender-confused tutor.

The he/she principal informed the parents that Mariana would be “corrected” if she used biologically and grammatically correct pronouns for her tutor or the assistant principal. To do otherwise would be “discrimination” against the gender-confused school employees, the assistant principal claimed.

How on earth would little Mariana ever overcome her language and speech disabilities if the school system itself is purposely teaching her the wrong things?

Sadly, we receive calls for help like this nearly every day. The LGBTQ agenda is spreading its pervasive agenda to children and families alike, seeking to force EVERYONE to comply with their demands.

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