[nabs-l] H.B. 2834: Closing the Door on theFutureofBlind Children

[Beth]

Well, let's wish the Oregon government good luck on keeping the pork.
Oink Oink.  lol
Beth

On 5/27/09, T. Joseph Carter <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com> wrote:
> Because those other things are pork projects.  Oregon is keeping the
> pork, but cutting the schools.   The only reason why we know about it
> now is that they've gone after the School for the Blind.  They'll
> have the final vote to close it by September as an emergency measure
> probably within 10 days.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 08:51:37AM -0400, Beth wrote:
>>Bugs!  That's interesting.  How come blind people are put aside and
>>bugs are highl exalted on the pedestal?  Why?
>>Beth
>>
>>On 5/27/09, Antonio M. Guimaraes <iamantonio at cox.net> wrote:
>>> Are there any allies in the legislative, or elsewhere in the government
>>> structure in Oregon you can count on? Can teachers join in your efforts.
>>>
>>> It might not hurt to gather support for a joint hell-raising event.
>>>
>>> Antonio Guimaraes
>>>
>>> If an infinite number of rednecks riding in an infinite number of pickup
>>> trucks fire an infinite number of shotgun rounds at an infinite number of
>>> highway signs, they will eventually produce all the world's great
>>> literary
>>> works in Braille.
>>>
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>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:38 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] H.B. 2834: Closing the Door on theFutureofBlind
>>> Children
>>>
>>>
>>>> Ashley,
>>>>
>>>> We've tried that.  They're fighting it, saying that sending people to
>>>> Washington would not be feasible.  Privately they say it's about the
>>>> money.  Publicly they are just saying it's not necessary.
>>>>
>>>> Joseph
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 04:26:35PM -0400, Ashley  Bramlett wrote:
>>>>> Joseph,
>>>>> It sounds like despite opposition they are not listening and are going
>>>>> forward with closure.  The best you can do as an organized group now is
>>>>> to get the blind students that were enrolled at the school
>>>>> automatically
>>>>> enrolled in the nearest residential school, wich is the washington
>>>>> school
>>>>>
>>>>> for the blind.
>>>>> Often students attending these schools have multiple disabilities or
>>>>> some
>>>>>
>>>>> problems where their  needs can't be met in an integrated public school
>>>>> setting.  THE IDEA law states children be placed in the least
>>>>> restrictive
>>>>>
>>>>> environment, meaning the environment where their learning is best and
>>>>> they aren't restricted.  For these students its been determined that
>>>>> they
>>>>>
>>>>> need a residential school.  So they should be placed in another
>>>>> residential school rather than be forced to attend their home public
>>>>> school with inadaquate services.
>>>>>
>>>>> These kids are vunerable and I hope the fight prevails and they can at
>>>>> least attend another residential school.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ashley
>>>>
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