School posts pics of special-needs students who ‘participated’ in Nat’l Walkout Day. Outrage ensues.
Numerous special-needs students from a New York school “participated” in National Walkout Day “to honor the 17 victims of the Parkland shooting and encourage change,” according to a Twitter post from the Viscardi Center, which runs the Henry Viscardi School for special-needs students on Long Island.
The tweet included three photos of students gathered outside for Wednesday’s event:
Students from the #HenryViscardiSchool participated in #NationalWalkoutDay to honor the 17 victims of the Parkland shooting and encourage change. pic.twitter.com/OUetooOi2p
— The Viscardi Center (@ViscardiCenter) March 14, 2018
The Henry Viscardi School “offers parents of children with severe physical disabilities and who often require life-sustaining medical treatment throughout the day, a traditional educational setting option that provides academics and opportunities for personal growth and leadership development.”
While the Viscardi Center’s tweet received no comments as of Friday afternoon, the Women’s March tweeted the same photographs in a post thanking the students for their leadership — and that tweet received a number of angry reactions:
- “Way to exploit vulnerable children,” one user commented. “So wrong.”
- “This is crazy… Using kids as props is bad enough, but disabled kids?” another user said.
- “Did you really just use …Read the Rest
Source:: The Blaze
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