For Desiree and Joe Remillet, Redlands Unified’s budget cuts are not an abstract staffing decision. They could determine whether their disabled 11-year-old son can safely remain in traditional public school.
Maddux Remillet, who will turn 12 in September, was born with spina bifida and achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. He uses a wheelchair and has a history of serious health challenges, including hydrocephalus, a condition that causes fluid buildup around the brain. He has undergone about 16 brain surgeries, his parents said.
But to his family, Maddux is not defined by his diagnoses…