I saw that, too, Bunny.
My own college student has opted to use this story as the jumping off place on a research project for one of her classes, and I was TRULY reluctant to have her use it because the parallels are just so striking, and it (for me, anyway) is just
so close to home. On the other hand, I hope that it serves as a reminder to her-- she
cannot treat this as an inconvenience to be ignored when the benefit seems great enough. I hope that the message penetrates. She's done some things (as a college student) that make me seriously nervous for her.
I guess I'm another of "those" moms. Those of us in the vanguard (with kids now 15-25) really
did have to be pretty aggressive to get even basic accommodations. If we could, I mean. Which is how my DD wound up being educated at home.
At least nobody had to be "bothered" with her safety, I guess.
Sheesh.