WARNING: I would not trust this physical therapist with my child.
Maya Kirpalani evaluated my minor son and documented in her own physical therapy assessment that "right lower leg edema was noted."
I was not informed of that finding when she observed it. I did not learn about it until nearly a year later, when the report surfaced in records connected to an OAH due-process case.
Think about that for a moment: a physical therapist documented edema in a child's leg and the parent was not told. I was not given the opportunity at the time to take my son to his physician, ask questions, or decide what medical follow-up was appropriate. That decision belonged to me as his parent.
I also made repeated attempts to contact her office afterward to discuss my son and obtain information concerning his assessment. My calls were not returned, and getting information about my own child has continued to be unnecessarily difficult.
A parent should never have to discover a potentially significant physical finding almost a year later in litigation records. Writing something in a report is not a substitute for communicating an important finding to the parent of a minor child.
The lack of communication, follow-up, transparency, and basic professional responsibility in my son's case was unacceptable.
I would not recommend Maya Kirpalani to another parent. read more