LINE was "final warning", but it was too late--she had de-activated my membership. Is this allowed?

Question

I am a parent of a child with a disabling condition. I am (was)a member of a yahoo support group for parents in my geographic area of children with same condition. I provided the requested information required for admission to the group. I have been a member for several months. I only go to the group for info about the school district and local resources. I made my first post a few weeks ago, to inform the group about an upcoming seminar for parents. Afterwards, I received 3 emails from the moderator --in the first email she thanked me for my post, and noted that she had never seen me post before. She asked for my real name. The other 2 emails were stronger--demanding that I provide info that would prove that I'm a qualifying parent, but she did not specify what info, other than my name. Federal law (and our school district) provides the highest protections for personally identifying information regarding our children. I was surprised that she asked. The 3rd email's SUBJECT

Answer 1

A group owner can remove or ban a member for any reason or for no reason at all.  It seems unfair that she would accept you as a member without you submitting proof that you are a qualifying parent and your real name in the first place, then demanding that info after you posted a message.  Still, there's nothing you can do about being removed from the group.  

There are a lot of other Yahoo groups for parents of children with disabilities.  You could do a Yahoo groups search and try joining a few to see if they are right for you.  I hope you can find one that you can enjoy and swap information with other parents.  Don't let this get you down - it's not your fault!

Answer 2

many groups have many different rules and expectations. yea, it is allowed, owners can decide who stays as a member and who doesn't based on much less, too. unforuntately, there's also alot of mistrust in any group, let alone one for special needs. in my groups, we don't care if they're parent, therapist or advocate, all are welcome and because it's dealing with special needs, more so to maintain privacy- I've seen bad things happen to those and their children when they make public where they live and full name. it's none of my business to know full names or question them in that manner.

Never Give Out Personal Info To Anyone Or Any Group.

you almost have to giggle at 'qualifying parent', did they have a definition??!!

many come to our groups just to post seminars and meetings and nothing else. the group owners of that group over reacted and really is limiting their own group from good inforamtion.

don't limit yourself to geographic area, many of my groups members live all over the USA and other countries as well.