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I am so sorry that the homework is piled up like that.
I never assign more than I want to grade. Like I tell my kids, we all have lives outside of the classroom. Let's enjoy them.
The counselor is not telling you the truth. The current trend in special education is full inclusion. This does NOT mean no services. There are a ton of modifications that are legal. You can ask for reduced length of assignment, or reduced paper/pencil tasks. She could be given extra time to complete it. Her written essays could be shortened or changed to fill in the blank answers. Definitions could be drawn instead of written as long as they are understandable. She could be given a copy of the teachers' notes, provided a word bank to answer fill in the blank questions, use a calculator in math, tape record her answer, get a voice activated/response program for a computer to take her "dictation" on answers. She could have oral testing and books on tape for reading (they're called Play Aways--we have them in our library). The only limits are the imaginations of those involved.
There is a matter of a little law called IDEA--it provides for folks with disabilites. The district does NOT want ACLU after them for failing to provide accommodations.
When you meet with the counselor, remind her of IDEA. It will help.
If it doesn't, go see the superintendent. Lawsuits in this arena are costly and difficult to win.
There is no reason anyone should have to do 8 hours of homework on a Saturday. This alone is more stress than she should have to bear. And be sure you document, document, document. If you can, keep a folder of all of the assignments she gets. I'd make clean copies for the folder and take that to the meeting as well. The principal would be pretty interested most likely.
And if all else fails, consider changing her educational placement.
My heart goes out to you and to her.
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