[blindkid] My daughter is turning 5...

[Barbara Hammel]

Our twins are in a self-contained classroom with other disabled children. 
They are six.  They are in the autistic spectrum of disorders.  One is 
developmentally about four at the upper end of skills and the other is 
around two.
Barbara

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From: "Crystal Abel" <websurfergirl19 at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:38 PM
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blindkid] My daughter is turning 5...

>
> My daughter, Tatiana, is turning 5 on January 5th. I am wondering if I can 
> get some advice from you? I do not have a School for the Blind close to 
> me. The one in Salem, Oregon is 2 hours away from me. I have been home 
> schooling my boys and here they do standardized testing for home schoolers 
> starting in third grade. I do not know how the school system works for 
> when she is in Kindergarten. Tatiana is developmentally delayed and still 
> doesn't crawl or walk yet. She has a whole slew of endocrine problems and 
> is totally blind with nlp. She also has seizure disorder and a Mic-Key 
> button because of feeding issues. Developmentally she is about at 2-3 
> years of age in her communication skills and less than that physically. We 
> live in Rainier, Oregon right across the river from Longview, Washington.
>
> I am wondering about if I put her in the mainsteam public school system 
> what can I expect? What will they be doing with her? Do they just not do 
> standardized tests with her? Please tell me your experiences putting your 
> child in mainstream public school. Thanks!
>
> ~Crystal
>
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