[blindkid] Victory in an NJ Town

Tue Apr 9 01:49:26 UTC 2013

Oh Tammy, I do know what you are going through with the heart being willing
but the bank account being weak.
Hopefully you won't need to go all the way into a court room, the atty may
be able to convince them the error of their ways.

Holly
aka Hank's mom

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Tammy Parson <theparsongang at bellsouth.net>wrote:

> Yeah, we have gotten in touch with an attorney and she thinks they will
> fight us all the way this time so we are looking at $30,000 to $40,000. I'm
> ready to fight but my bank account isn't.
>
> Tammy D. Parson
>
> On Apr 8, 2013, at 4:26 PM, Holly Miller <hollym12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Sorry, hit send too soon.
> > If I remember correctly, filing for DP (again!) will trigger the stay
> put rule, meaning they can't take away services while this is being worked
> out.
> >
> > Sounds like your district is a glutton for punishment!
> >
> > Holly
> >
> > On Apr 8, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Holly Miller <hollym12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Just because she can access print in some manner doesn't make Braille
> inappropriate. IDEA says Braille will be provided unless it is found to be
> inappropriate.
> >>
> >> You may need to
> >>
> >> On Apr 8, 2013, at 3:31 PM, Tammy Parson <theparsongang at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> The decision is coming from the TVI and O&M Instructor, the County ESE
> Director, and my daughters Case Manager. The only one's opposed were myself
> and my daughter, the other members just sit there listening to the ESE
> Director, tell me what they were deciding based on the evaluations. Which
> say, that she can access print material using her CCTV, handheld magnifier,
> and glasses. Yes, she can but did it say she has to have her face within 5
> inches to the CCTV with atleast a 36 font, or that she has to be hunched
> over within 4 inches of her handheld magnifier to read, or that she has to
> have 24 or larger font to use her glasses and the paper touches her nose.
> Let's not forget she has some sight in one eye and can only see stuff 2 to
> 3 feet in front of her with very limited vision in her lower field.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Tammy D. Parson
> >>>
> >>> On Apr 8, 2013, at 3:10 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Who exactly is making this written statement about print and what kind
> >>>> of authority does this individual have? It seems to me that the
> >>>> doctors' reports could trump them. And if she is presently receiving
> >>>> Braille, wouldn't the whole IEP team have to agree to a change?
> >>>> Arielle
> >>>>
> >>>> On 4/8/13, Tammy Parson <theparsongang at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >>>>> That's what we are trying to figure out. Two Doctor's reports
> clearly state
> >>>>> degenerative and progress and both recommend Braille. We are
> speechless.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Tammy D. Parson
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Apr 8, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Ugh, why on earth would they put her back on  print after a
> >>>>>> due-process resolution required them to teach Braille and she is
> >>>>>> obviously successful learning Braille?
> >>>>>> Arielle
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 4/8/13, Tammy Parson <theparsongang at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >>>>>>> That is awesome!!! It took me a Due Process settled in Resolution
> a year
> >>>>>>> ago
> >>>>>>> to get my daughter braille and I just received a Prior Written
> Notice
> >>>>>>> they
> >>>>>>> are going to have her go back to reading print. I am livid and my
> >>>>>>> daughter
> >>>>>>> is devastated. She had just went from 29 wpm to 57 wpm in her
> braille
> >>>>>>> reading and now they want to put her behind a CCTV.
> Congratulations on
> >>>>>>> your
> >>>>>>> Victory.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Apr 8, 2013, at 2:02 PM, Carol Castellano
> >>>>>>> <carol_castellano at verizon.net>
> >>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Hi Everyone,
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Just got home from an IEP meeting in a town in New Jersey.  We're
> >>>>>>>> feeling
> >>>>>>>> pretty good because the school agreed to Braille!  We didn't even
> have
> >>>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>>> take out the big--Hank Miller case--guns!  It took almost two
> years to
> >>>>>>>> get
> >>>>>>>> them to put the program together, but the student is now learning
> how
> >>>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>>> type, how to use a computer with speech, how to take notes and
> direct a
> >>>>>>>> human reader, and now will begin to learn Braille!
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> We, the mom and I, are exhausted but happy :-).
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Carol
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Carol Castellano
> >>>>>>>> President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
> >>>>>>>> Director of Programs
> >>>>>>>> National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
> >>>>>>>> 973-377-0976
> >>>>>>>> carol_castellano at verizon.net
> >>>>>>>> www.blindchildren.org
> >>>>>>>> www.nfb.org/parents-and-teachers
> >>>>>>>>
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