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From: Robin.Chronister@f429.n275.z1.fidonet.org (Robin Chronister)
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Subject: Re: Total communication
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Date: 28 Mar 91 05:29:20 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

> It is for us they are doing this for.. WHY not let us have some inout
> in it?!   It really IS sad that the special education dept. knows
> nothing about who they help educate.

Tim,
   Unfortunately that seems to be the case in most of the public schools
here.  In Chesapeake, we have a wonderful supervisor who DOES know
something about the kids, and she goes out of her way to get us the help
we need to do the job right.   She is not the "boss" with the last word
though, so she doesn't always win the battles she fights for us.
   I would really like to see more deaf adults involved with the system.
Our kids don't have an opportunity to see that deaf people do grow up
and succeed in life, and that worries me.  If we could have the input
and support of the deaf community we could do so much better.  The
administration doesn't see it that way, though.  Maybe they think
deaf people can't do anything...it ticks me off, too!  I don't feel
sorry for these kids because they are deaf - I feel sorry that so many
people don't bother to know them.

                                         Robin

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