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

Thu Jul 26 01:21:29 UTC 2012

Is there a copy of this initiative that we could review?

Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
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-----Original Message-----
From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of dhammelia at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:14 PM
To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Urgent Calls Needed by Thursday 7/26!

No matter how good the language sounds whenever the U.N. gets involved the
message gets lost in the politics.

When Lybia under Quadafi gets put in charge of the U.N. committee in charge
of human rights and Iraq heads the U.N. council in charge of arms trading
you have to know something is wrong.

Sorry but I have to agree with Doreen we do not need the U.N. telling us
what is suitable education for the disabled.

Dave Hammel

-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Renfranz <dblair2525 at msn.com>
To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wed, Jul 25, 2012 10:27 am
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Urgent Calls Needed by Thursday 7/26!

I strongly disagree, and would urge list members to read through the
onvention protocol before voicing complaint.
In my reading of it, the convention urges governments to recognize the
ights of children with disabilities to an education, and asks them to
nsure that children are not excluded from education on the basis of
isability. It stresses accessibility, accommodations, and individualized
upport. It further encourages teaching of Braille and other skills by
ualified 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
ome countries, where parents could only hope to have the issues we face in
he US. We are very lucky indeed.
Just my opinion.
Pat

n 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 .... 

oreen Franklin
lorida

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EF received this tonight and is passing
 it along to ask for your help. Please forward it to all your friends.
hanks,

renda
Thursday, 7/26, is a big day, but not in a good way.
ere's why.
n
 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.
es, you read that right.
n 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. 
s
 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.
ut 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.
e 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"

 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.
lease join our fight and tell our Senators that this treaty has
 no place in the United States of America.
hank you and God Bless for all that
 you're doing to stand with us!
ll my best,
ick Santorum 

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lessings
 to you and yours,
usan Furiato

http://livinlifeoutloud.blogspot.com/
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