[Nfbk] Fwd: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] {Disarmed} Fwd: [Shared Post] School punishes blind child by taking away cane and replacing it with a pool Noodle

[Cathy Jackson]

Good Morning,
Read below about the school district that took an 8 year-olds cane away and replacing it with a pool noodle. This story just aired on WDRB.
Cathy

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> From: Rick Reed 
> Date: December 18, 2014 at 11:11:56 
> Subject: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] {Disarmed} Fwd: [Shared Post] School 
> 
> Good morning all,
> 
> I wish I was writing with cheerier news this morning, but I felt the need to make sure everyone has seen this.
> 
> Please see forwarded message below…
> 
> 
> Rick Reed
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: "FOX2now.com" <donotreply at wordpress.com>
>> Date: December 18, 2014 at 08:56:30 MST
>> To: rreed at wyoassist.comRick Reed
>> WYOAssist Low-Vision Specialist
>> President, National Federation of the Blind of Wyoming
>> Certified Assistive Technology Specialist
>> iOS Accessibility Advocate
>> 
>> Phone:
>> (307)315-3648
>> 
>> Twitter:
>> @WYOAssist
>> @NFBWY
>> @BlindSarcasm
>> @BlindPCs
>> 
>> Web:
>> http://www.wyoassist.com
>> http://www.nfb.org
>> http://theblindgeek.net
>> 
>> Skype:
>> TheBlindGeek
>> 
>> "Disability is NOT the final answer!"
>> "Blindness is NOT the characteristic that defines us!"
>> All communications with WYOAssist may be saved for future reference, but are kept strictly confidential.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Samantha King (sking3221 at gmail.com) shared a post from FOX2now.com
>>  												
>> 
>> School punishes blind child by taking away cane and replacing it with a pool noodle
>> by Staff Writer
>> KANSAS CITY, MO — Parents are outraged after they say an elementary school punished their blind child by replacing his cane with a pool noodle. Dakota Nafzinger attends Gracemor Elementary School in Kansas City.  The 8-year-old was born without eyes — something in the medical world known as Bilateral Anopthalmia. School District Spokeswoman Michelle Cronk […]
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>> Staff Writer | December 17, 2014 at 7:18 am | Categories: News | URL: http://go.fox2now.com/1GPyW9b
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