Florida Says Mom Must Prove Her Dying Son Can’t Take Standardized Test

Another child, a 9-year-old named Michael, was also forced to take the same test in Florida last year, despite the fact that he was born only with a brain stem, not a brain. Orange County School Board member Rick Roach, who watched the examination, couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
“He’s blind. And they’re showing him pictures of a giraffe, a monkey and an elephant — and asking him which one is the monkey,” Roach said to the newspaper. “I’m watching all this and just about to lose my mind.”