Examining a child’s degree of disability must be a rigorous, humane and respectful process. However, many families experience the exact opposite. What should be a protective mechanism becomes a source of anxiety and injustice. The evaluations, far from focusing on the real needs of the minor, are conditioned by prejudices which have nothing to do with the disability.
Many parents report that some evaluators adopt unsympathetic or even openly biased attitudes. Children with clear diagnoses see their disability percentage decrease, or even lose it when they fall below the official 33%, with explanations difficult to justify. Comments such as “you live in a good neighborhood”, “you go to a good school” or even “you seem to have resources” are, in addition to being offensive, deeply discriminatory. Because Disability does not disappear because of the socio-economic level of the family; Pretending otherwise is a technical and ethical denial.
It’s great that some associations advise families to attend “without demonstrating wealth.” These types of practices not only perpetuate stigmas, but punish precisely those who strive to provide inclusive environments for their children. and development opportunities. These unfair assessments in no way promote the autonomy of disabled minors; On the contrary, they remove necessary support and penalize families who care about their well-being.
The administration must urgently correct these prejudices and restore dignity, rigor and respect to a process which must never be a trial of social class, but rather a technical assessment focused on the abilities and real needs of each child.
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