NISRA unfairly slammed

The U.S. Attorney in Chicago is sinking his teeth into NISRA - the Northern Illinois Special Education Association, based in Crystal Lake, Ill.

Is his action correct? Fair? Reasonable?

And how about the reporting of this action?

McHenry County Blog carried the press release from the office of Gary Shapiro, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. He succeeded Patrick Fitzgerald during the summer. I was glad I read Cal Skinner's article first because, when I read the Northwest Herald's Cliff Notes version of the press release, I recognized that an important part of the story was missing.

The child, whose health condition is grand mal seizures, can and must be helped immediately by a drug prescribed by her physician. It needs to be administered without delay.

Now read the part that the Northwest Herald left out:

"Diastat works most effectively if administered within five minutes of the onset of the seizure, and the longer it takes to administer the medication, the less effective it is in stopping an ongoing seizure.

"Diastat is administered rectally (emphasis added) using a pre-filled plastic syringe with a flexible plastic tip, which allows the medication to act quickly and safely."

It seems to me that the request of NISRA for a family member or a caregiver to accompany the child to NISRA activities was not unreasonable.

Is the legal action by the Federal Government unreasonable?