A social injustice I found within the realm of special education is the population of students who are behaviorally out of control or emotionally disturbed. Students with learning and physical disabilities are protected by law to be provided Free and Appropriate Public Education (F.A.P.E.). If the school district cannot provide these services for a student, then the student will be outsourced to a private school. Students who are emotionally disturbed and/or have behavioral problems do not always fit into the category or learning or physically disabled and can be denied such services. These students actions are typically reprimanded with suspension or expulsion from particular school systems. These students deserve the same rights as students who are physically or learning disabled. Below is a picture of a book that I read for an education class I took last fall. It give a very good insight on what it is like to be an emotionally disturbed student.
A social justice that special education students have is the availability of an educational liaison. Special education has a lot of moving parts and there are a lot of people involved in the IEP process of a student. If a students parents are found to be neglectful to the students education and/or refuse to sign the students IEP an educational liaison can be called in place of the students parents to make decisions in the best interest of the student. This is extremely important for the students if the parents are not making appropriate decisions for their child.
http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/65429139/special-education-more-about-social-justice-less-about-caring
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