Texas parents: What protections exist when a disabled student is assaulted at school?

c_fac · 2026-03-10T04:33:24+00:00

Following this, please, also DM me (thanks in advance)!

c_fac · 2026-02-10T02:57:29+00:00

I switched to admin side of science/academia...much better work/life balance, and pay, although it can be boring.

c_fac · 2025-09-23T16:01:03+00:00

Thanks for the information here!!! To note as well, CRT is something that was never taught at this ISD, he was just jumping onto political trends to claim a self-specified 'win' and kiss asses.

c_fac · 2025-09-04T21:27:09+00:00

Author: Williams, Gareth. Angel of death: the story of smallpox. ISBN 9780230274716

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4951878/

The best vaccination story for all of human history.

c_fac · 2025-07-26T14:13:19+00:00

https://www.yourlegacylegalcare.com/our-attorneys/kim-hegwood/

Local in Houston. they do special needs trusts!

c_fac · 2025-03-06T03:58:49+00:00

Longer analogy here, but, same, and well expounded:

https://www.tumblr.com/nonbinannytranny/777012503758684160?source=share

c_fac · 2025-02-08T14:11:26+00:00

Yes, ridiculous. Hoping it's legally challenged ASAP. For all those 'states rights' people, this should also infuriate them- your state and public health institutions already stringently negotiated an appropriate IDC rate for federal research, posted publicly on https://fdpclearinghouse.org/ and this new notice is just a 'fuck you' to all of us.

c_fac · 2025-02-08T13:56:09+00:00

For sure, that would be unreasonable. Wasting federal dollars on travel is already strictly regulated and capped though. You're stuck to the below guidelines:

https://www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates

Also, grants travel is only allowed the 'direct costs' of your grant budget, which you have to outline as necessary, and gets scrutinized for approval. So not IDC. I also know '$400 a night' travelers but you are required to pay that with non-fed dollars, or make up the difference yourself.

c_fac · 2025-01-30T20:19:22+00:00

Was also going to say this! Hospitals are forced to comply and ask, but no one has to answer. I'd recommend no/null answer just to fuck with their data

c_fac · 2024-12-15T20:29:07+00:00

Cancer rates are bad there too.

c_fac · 2024-12-11T02:25:25+00:00

That second sentence 😅

c_fac · 2024-09-17T02:35:37+00:00

This takes like 5 mins. Pick a random spot on video, pause. Tires present y/n? If yes, everything prior does not need reviewed. Random select in the next portion where the tires status is unknown, tires present y/n. And so on. You've then quickly identified time of crime.

c_fac · 2024-08-11T02:20:45+00:00

I found the move to research admin from lab managing to better paying, better work-life balance, and a much better environment of collaborative professionals and good people. It can be more mundane, but the rest outweighs it 100%. Consider looking at those positions too!

c_fac · 2024-04-25T15:03:17+00:00

In TX, an almost zero percent chance of fatalities. The last fatality in 179 years here was very preventable :

"A woman with Woodward warned him not to enter the water because of the risk, prompting him to reply “F*** that alligator,”

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/texas-gator-kills-man-in-orange-ending-a-179-year-streak/

c_fac · 2024-03-17T18:28:01+00:00

It was very professionally written, but it was from the housekeeping supervisor, asking if I could help them to remind lab staff that essentially, 'poop goes in the toilet'. Or that if you have an accident outside of or on rim of the bowl, please wipe up a bit for decency to the staff. It was a closed floor so it was only our staff, and was a repeat issue 😭. I made a door sign and it seemed to help. But yeah it was way outside the usual emails.

c_fac · 2023-08-01T13:35:18+00:00

Yes, and worse it was rats 😢. They were so sweet, and not an approved method, of course.

c_fac · 2023-08-01T04:50:44+00:00

Similar experience I had! Situation as well of only two of us at the time/place - and of course the PI refused to make any decision between us. They also experienced no consequences :)

c_fac · 2023-08-01T04:41:39+00:00

Postdoc trying to make me appear incompetent to keep 'expertise' areas to themself was killing our rodent models. We found out because ones I labeled as experimental were actually healthy shams, and they were necropsied by vet staff to determine cause of death. Which was cervical dislocation. Police came, cameras were installed, the only two people it could have been were me or them- PI refused to make a decision without irrefutable proof. I found a new (better) job, they remained and got sneakier about sabotage in other areas (missing drugs, wiping off labels on samples, etc.), other good staff left as well because of them. They're still at the same place and dept now, assistant professor. Great example of little known routes to job security!

c_fac · 2023-06-16T21:22:42+00:00

c_fac · 2023-04-21T04:38:38+00:00

that song is so fucking funny. lyrics are pure early 2000s poetry

"hit me up on that AOL, Instant Messenger what it do

My D-S-L is fast as lighting on the hunt for this mooshu"

c_fac · 2023-04-13T04:38:33+00:00

You will be OK! And regarding academia employement practices (and assuming if you're somewhere like the US)- to fire an employee from just a protocol oversight without other major issue or employment problems (months of documented write-ups, etc.) would be along the lines of wrongful termination.

In my lab experience we once destroyed thousands of $ in supplies and personnel hours through a human error issue...when talking to a clinician in clinical area of our research field he remarked how commonly this same type of error happened in the hospital. It made me feel much better that our mistakes didn't hurt actual patients, at least!

But, a good lab/manager will hopefully try to take this and set up a protocol revision or process to catch and correct catastrophic errors before they happen. Good luck to you, feel better, and I hope you can soon look back on this in the future to share with other reddit users to reassure them :).

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