Wheelchair use in high school

[peaceful2100]

I had a student come to me today stating he wanted to use the wheelchair because he has a broken ankle and he is using crutches. He stated that he is having a hard time getting around with crutches. He wanted me to just allow him freedom to keep the wheelchair but I didn't feel comfortable with that. I am checking with my supervisor haven't heard back but just curious isn't that the right thing. Do you allow/would you allow students to have freedom of a wheelchair (If they are not normally using one for other health reasons). Doesn't that require a DR's note for the student the even use a wheelchair? For me to even push the student in the wheelchair?

[amoLucia]

... I think his issue was more laziness than anything the more and more I thought about it. My supervisor told me we can do a temporary accommodation where he can leave class a few minutes earlier if necessary.

I think his issue was just wanting to be 'the cool kid'.

Thanks to others who saw my point. (I don't do kids!)

Stick to your guns and decline!

[caliotter3]

No free ride here. Heh, heh!

[JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN]

I like "peer assistant" over "book buddy".

I just call it pairing up with a friend for the day :).

But seriously, we do elevator pass, friend to help with book carrying if needed, and being first or last student out of the classroom at the end of the class. We have a five minute passing period between classes, plenty of time to get from place to place, even on crutches. Heck, some of the kids are faster with crutches than without 'em!

[SchoolNurseTXstyle]

Even if you have 2 wheelchairs. Do not set a precedence!!!!! As someone else mentioned, you will never see either one as someone will need both ALL of the time for minor silly stuff.