Mom Sues School District After Son Who Uses Wheelchair Breaks Legs [Video]

A Colorado mother is suing her son’s school district after he broke both his legs on school property and his injuries allegedly went untreated all day.

Patricia Portillo Estrada filed a lawsuit against Adams 12 Five Star Schools District on Monday alleging that her son’s school, Rocky Mountain Elementary, “intentionally discriminated” against him by not providing him with the proper support and supervision he required.

Estrada’s 12-year-old son, Esdras Cruz, has “multiple significant disabilities,” including “intellectual disabilities, orthopedic impairments, and speech or language impairments,” according to the filing obtained by PEOPLE. As a result, his “functional mobility” is impaired and he uses a “wheelchair, walker or mobility trike.”

Rocky Mountain Elementary repeatedly “failed to accommodate [Esdras] by failing to supervise or assist his functional mobility,” and on May 10, 2022, he “suffered bilateral fractures to the tibia and fibula of both legs after losing control of his wheelchair while navigating …