[nfbwatlk] OSB One Step Closer to Demise

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Being part of the inter grated system in GA, CA, & WA I can tell you  that 
schools for the blind do work if they can work well. far too often  
integrated students are left out in the cold by school districts that are under  
funded or just don't care about the needs of the blind. I had to struggle all  
through school but I did graduate. No thanks to the public school system. 
 
Lisa Owen
 
 
In a message dated 6/1/2009 7:47:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
k7uij at panix.com writes:

Right  on.

"Full inclusion" works well when school districts devote sufficient  
resources to hire qualified personnel and provide textbooks, technology  
and the like for blind students in their districts. Unfortunately, this  
is all-too-often not the case.

Mike

----- Original Message  ----- 
From: "Kevin LaRose" <kevin at kevinlarose.net>
To: "NFB of  Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday,  June 01, 2009 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] OSB One Step Closer to  Demise


It seems that there is more to the equation here than money  concernes,
although certainly money shapes the debate. There are some who  actually
believe that places like schools for the blind are somehow  regressive. 
I've
seen the term "segregation" used, even by some blind  people. Full 
inclusion
is a great ideal, and it works well in a vast  majority of cases, but not
all. The bottom line is, schools for the blind  are still very much 
needed,
and closing them will cause untold harm to  the individuals these 
legislators
are professing to help.
Kevin  L.


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