Finding a school place for a child with a disability is a challenge in Munich. Crucial here: the benevolence of the school management. Two mothers report on their struggles, their powerlessness – and their failure.
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Leah Kramer
Jonas is sitting on the swing. He likes to swing, often extensively. It can happen that he does not notice how a queue is forming at the gaming device. Like now. “I have to take care of him for a moment,” says his mother Nadine (names changed). She has learned to pay close attention to her surroundings so that she can intervene if her child loses track. Nine-year-old Jonas is handicapped from birth. After several changes of schools, he will attend a new class in the fall – again. This time at a special school.