Several parents apparently complained that "the disabled girl would ruin the glossy album".
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School removes the picture of a girl with Down syndrome from its yearbook
A Moscow school has found itself in the hot seat after editing out the picture of a girl with Down syndrome out of its yearbook
A Moscow school has found itself in the hot seat after editing out the picture of a girl with Down syndrome out of its yearbook
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One mother Olga Sinayeva, said on Facebook that “The reason why children were asked to return this album is simple: Many parents can't stand the photograph of the girl, Masha, who has Down syndrome, the daughter of the homeroom teacher, next to their children”
Masha, 7, is not a student in the class, but because her mother is a teacher, she sits with the fourth-graders her mother teaches.
According to Ms Sinayeva, Masha would begin proper school next year but her single mother is forced to take her to classes because she cannot afford a nanny or daycare.
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“Masha practically lives in this class, tries to interact, hugs everyone, she is kind and defenseless, but children shrink away from her.”
The parents of at least five students have had their children transferred to other classes to avoid sitting in the room with Masha, Sinayeva said.
This happens all the time in Russia, earlier this year, the younger sister of Russian model Natalia Vodianova was ordered to leave a cafe because staff said the young woman with autism and cerebral palsy was “scaring off customers.”
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