[blindkid] Urgent Calls Needed by Thursday 7/26!

Wed Jul 25 15:28:03 UTC 2012

Thanks for offering this opinion.  I would like to hear what others have to say also.

M. Moore

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From: Pat Renfranz <dblair2525 at msn.com>
To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List <blindkid at nfbnet.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Urgent Calls Needed by Thursday 7/26!

I strongly disagree, and would urge list members to read through the
convention protocol before voicing complaint.

In my reading of it, the convention urges governments to recognize the
rights of children with disabilities to an education, and asks them to
ensure that children are not excluded from education on the basis of
disability. It stresses accessibility, accommodations, and individualized
support. It further encourages teaching of Braille and other skills by
qualified teachers. In no place does it tell me how to educate my child.

A protocol of this type could be a lifesaver for special needs children in
some countries, where parents could only hope to have the issues we face in
the US. We are very lucky indeed.

Just my opinion.

Pat

On 7/25/12 8:44 AM, "Doreen Franklin" <doreenproverbs3 at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Your urgent help is needed ..... I am just appalled that the UNITED NATIONS
> would even be involved in this .... 

Doreen Franklin
Florida

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HEF received this tonight and is passing
> it along to ask for your help. Please forward it to all your friends.
Thanks,
> 
Brenda

Thursday, 7/26, is a big day, but not in a good way.
Here's why.
On
> Thursday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote on a treaty that
> would put us under international law when it comes to parenting our special
> needs children.
Yes, you read that right.
In the United States of America,
> there is actually discussion about adopting the United Nations Convention on
> the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which would give the U.N.
> oversight of the healthcare and education choices parents with special needs
> kids make.  It is outrageous that the government could tell me and you what is
> best for our children, particularly when they've never met the child. 
As
> parents of a precious special needs child, Karen and I have already written to
> every U.S. Senator and are making calls as well to stop the ratification of
> this treaty.
But we can't do it alone.  Please join Patriot Voices, the Home
> School Legal Defense Association and others to help us stop the U.S. Senate
> from considering this deeply misguided treaty.
We need you to do four things
> to help us stop CRPD:
€  Please call your senator and ask them to vote NO on
> this treaty. Find your senator's contact information here.
€  Please email
> your senator and ask them to vote NO on this treaty. We've made this easier by
> providing  sample email copy for you to use.
€  Please call the White House at
> 202-456-1111 and ask President Obama to withdraw this treaty from the U.S.
> Senate now.
€  Please Tweet on our behalf: "Help stop ratification of UN
> Disabilities Treaty
> #CRPD http://www.flhef.org/component/acymailing/url/urlid-3521/mailid-97/subid
> -90 Contact US Senator today 
> http://www.flhef.org/component/acymailing/url/urlid-3522/mailid-97/subid-90"
I
> f this were to pass, CRPD would become the law of the land under the U.S.
> Constitution's Supremacy Clause, and would trump state laws, and could be used
> as precedent by state and federal judges. This treaty would give the
> government, acting under U.N. instructions, the ability to determine for all
> children with disabilities what is best for them. It also would give the U.N.
> discretion over decisions about how we educate our special needs kids, and
> could potentially eliminate parental rights for the education of children with
> disabilities.
Please join our fight and tell our Senators that this treaty has
> no place in the United States of America.
Thank you and God Bless for all that
> you're doing to stand with us!
All my best,
Rick Santorum 

-- 
Blessings
> to you and yours,
Susan Furiato
> 

http://livinlifeoutloud.blogspot.com/
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