Originally Posted by polarbear
Re when to give up on advocacy - there are many different times when it's "time" to give up - all based on your individual situation. I would recommend stopping for any of these reasons: you are advocating against a brick wall that will never change (the school/district doesn't want to hear from you and isn't going to change), you are spending so much time fighting/advocating that you are missing out on just being a parent, you are totally exhausted from it, or... your child is happy.
Ditto this.

I think also you don't necessarily have to "give up" but can simply take a break if needed. You're not marrying the idea--just stepping back a bit/for awhile.