[Cabs-talk] Information Needed : California Vision Services

[Mary Willows]

Dear Sanjay,

Thank you for your message.  My name is Mary Willows.  I am the president of
the National Federation of the Blind of California and a Teacher of the
Visually Impaired.  I teach at the California School for the Blind which
happens to be located in Fremont.  California, like the rest of the nation,
is struggling with services to blind and visually impaired students in the
regular school districts.  It sounds like the adaptations you have made for
your son in the past are most effective.  I believe you will find that you
(parents) are your son's best advocate.  Be sure to see to it that the
services your son had in Maryland continue in California.  When are you
moving to California?  If you want to contact me off-list, my email address
is:
mwillows at sbcglobal.net
925) 895-2778


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sanjay Choudhary" <choudhary01 at gmail.com>
To: <cabs-talk at nfbnet.org>; "NFBMD" <nfbmd at earthlink.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 12:26 PM
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Information Needed : California Vision Services


> All,
> Our son Raghav Choudhary is 7th grade student who gets vision services in
> regular school in Howard county, Maryland. He has some vision in his one
> eye and he prefers to read large print(40 size fonts). His vision teacher
> enlarges most of classroom work and we provide lot of support at home by
> reading textbooks to him.He gets about 12 hours of services per week.
> I got a job in San Jose area and debating relocation to Fremont school
> district. I talked to few people in special education department in the
> Fremont school district and did not get a good sense of available special
> education services. We will really appreciate if we get the 
> student/parents
> perspective on special education services available in California. This
> will help us make right decision.
> Thanks in advance.
> Sanjay Choudhary
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