Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
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With twin boys ready for school, Jason and Jessica Pollard braced for paperwork, parent-teacher meetings and shopping trips for supplies. But they were not prepared
for the reception their son, Owen, then 5, received from school administrators.
Officials at their neighborhood kindergarten and a nearby private academy said he would not be allowed to attend because he has Type 1 diabetes. The Pollards,
doctors in Seattle, were flabbergasted. One headmaster said that Owen would never be accepted because of his disability.
The incidence of Type 1 diabetes among children has increased by 21 percent in recent years. In 2009, an estimated 167,000 children had the disease, according to
the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In nearly 400 cases since 2011, parents have brought complaints to federal authorities about
schools that decline to care for these students. Many children have been barred from attending their zoned schools or abruptly transferred after diagnosis to schools
with nurses, even when their doctors say nursing care is not warranted. Others are not allowed to participate in sports or extracurricular activities.
Parents have been told no school employee is willing to inject lifesaving glucagon even if their child falls unconscious. The burden of care often falls to the students'
parents. Some jeopardize their jobs with daily trips to schools; some end up pulling their children from school altogether. "We have principals who tell mothers, 'Sorry,
but you'll have to home-school your kid,'" said Crystal C. Jackson, the director of the American Diabetes Association's Safe at School program, which educates parents
about students' rights and provides legal aid. "It's outrageous."
These practices may be ingrained, but they are also largely illegal. In 2013, the federal Department of Justice found that the State of Alabama systematically
discriminated against diabetic schoolchildren for years; students with Type 1 diabetes were not allowed to join field trips and sports practices, or to attend the same
schools as their siblings. "Without question, we do continue to see discrimination against students with Type 1 diabetes in schools in ways I find distressing," said
Catherine E. Lhamon, the assistant secretary in the federal Education Department's civil rights office. "We see schools that say, 'We can't serve you because you have
a disability.'
[Source: NY times ]
Q5 According to the passage, which one of the following is the problem faced by the parents who have diabetic children?
Ops: A.
O Home-school their kids
B.
None of the mentioned options
C.
O Jeopardizing their jobs with daily trips to schools
D.
Injecting lifesaving glucagon to their kids
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Answer:
Infection that inflames air sacs in one or both lungs, which may fill with fluid.
With pneumonia, the air sacs may fill with fluid or pus. The infection can be life-threatening to anyone, but particularly to infants, children and people over 65.
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A . Home-school their kids
Explanation:
Parents who have kids with disabilities always face challenges during their upbringing. They have to look after their kids even more than ever. They have to compromise with their work and their social life. These kids are not allowed to go to normal schools and are always treated with pity. They are always treated differently from the other kids, which breaks their spirit and demoralizes them.
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