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

[Antonio Guimaraes]

No offence, but we are all students, and aware of science.

What happens when a species goes instinct? Chances are it's gone from the 
face of the earth.

the scientific community, and environmental advocates speak up for those 
bugs. What would you do if bees were on the brink of extinction?

It's up to us now to take leadership to protect blind children, and adults. 
Leave others to the bugs, and we do what we do.

Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.

ReadBooks Coordinator
National Braille Press
888 965-8965, ext 40.
aguimaraes at nbp.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] H.B. 2834: Closing the Door on 
theFutureofBlindChildren


> 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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