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Parents: Tennessee schools failing our children with disabilities

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Tennessee parents says the public schools are mistreating their disabled children, and they're asking a federal judge to intervene.

The parents say their children are being segregated from able-bodied students, isolated, restrained and even abused.

Federal law requires schools to educate disabled students alongside their non-disabled peers to the extent possible.

But experts say teachers often lack the training and resources to deal with disabled students' behavioral challenges.