Dear All Mothers From Hell,

Hello and thank god I have found you!!!!
I have two boys and one girl and we have all been put through the ringer more than once. We need lots of advise, opinions, and support. The school system sucks down here. I now have to travel 50 miles everyday to get one of my kids to school. I am having to take school district to court in the future and im just so confused about everything. Is their any help, I have followed all procedures and nothing has happened with the school or my sons needs as well as mine and my other two children.

Carmen Alvo
Silver City N.M.

Hi Carmen,

Sorry to hear you're having such troubles with your school, but I can't say I'm surprised. Many parents on our list have gone through hell and back trying to get services for their kids. If you want to get on the list, just go to www.mothersfromhell2.org and click to join, it only costs $10. But this will give you access to the listserv and our quarterly newsletter. But if joining is not something you want to do right now, you might get some answers on these boards.

But check around locally. I'm guessing there are other parents in your area who are going through what you are. Finding them, however, is not always easy. Contact your local center for independent living to see if they have or know of any support groups or special ed advocacy groups. You can find your CIL at
http://www.ilru.org/html/publications/directory/index.html. You can also start your own support group. Put an ad in the classifieds. Some papers list support groups for free as a public service. Your local United Way might have some some groups listed. Talk to your kids' pediatrician for resources.

Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

Cathy