[blindkid] Winning braille?

[holly miller]

Everyone here knows how much of a struggle it can be to get kids braille in
school.  Especially if the child has some vision and technically can see
large print.
For those of you who've had to fight for it and won (or know someone), what
finally tipped the scale?

We all know how it's supposed to work but when they have on their side a
bright child who works hard and is able to get good grades despite lack of
accommodations, when they have reports by the "experts" who say "Nope, this
kid doesn't need braille"  has anyone been able to win this?

When educating doesn't work, when persistence doesn't work, when a pound of
letters hasn't worked, when you can quote IDEA & Ruby Riles in your sleep to
no avail?
When your state's blind services (whatever initials they go by) is in the
position many states are in so when they say 'He/she doesn't need it" you
have a hunch it's more "We don't have the staff/funding to provide it" or
"Be happy you kid has the vision he does" whatever the reason, for your
child they are dead set against it?

When you've brought in advocates, when you've spoken to the superintendent
and board of ed? When you finally do hire an attorney because nothing else
is working and that attorney isn't able to make any progress?  When you know
this is so very very important to your child's long term success but you've
already spent a few thousand and don't know if you can scrape up much more
to build a due process case?  What then?

Hypothetically of course :smile

Holly