A Touch of Scarlett, our journey with a rare bleeding disorder

I'm ending Scarlett's first year in Elementary school feeling a little depressed and defeated by her bleeding disorder.  When she started Kindergarten we were very reluctant to label her as special needs and didn't want her bleeding disorder to affect her school, in any way.  I knew the federal laws that were put into place: the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 were there to help us and protect her rights for a proper education, but I still felt uncomfortable with labeling her as special needs. . . for fears it would be producing some sort of a stigma.   And we surely didn't want to have to restrict her from playing with others. . . fast forward to the end of the year and she's been pulled from climbing and finds herself already having to play by herself because the other kids play to rough. Last week we had a meeting to go over her 504 plan for next year and the school is suggesting she doesn't get to ...