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12/20/2007 10:42:21 AM
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admin
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The parents of a Tucson teenager are calling out the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind, saying they failed to prepare their son for college.
"He has to go through three additional years before he can go to college level classes. He's not even at 101 yet," said Charlie Kennedy.
Charlie and his wife Wendy have filed three separate complaints against the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind, saying they misdiagnosed their deaf son's reading disability and failed to properly follow his individual education plan (IED), among other things.
Chad Kennedy, 19, graduated in May from the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind or ASDB.
The only catch, according to his parents, is that the school graduated him knowing he only had a third grade reading level. In fact, Chad was named class valedictorian.
"Our concerns are the level of education that the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind is not providing to the students," said Wendy Kennedy.
The Kennedys say the school notified them too late that Chad had a reading disability and they say the school did not follow Chad's IEP when they failed to administer the proper psychological educational evaluation test on two separate occasions.
When it was time for Chad to attend college, the Kennedys say the schools he applied to didn't feel he was ready.
That infuriated Wendy Kennedy, also an interpreter. "These deaf schools have low expectations of the students, so therefore they're not challenging them to the higher levels needed."
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12/13/2009 3:27:42 AM
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pramod bhabad
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A deaf toddler refused a hearing implant that could allow him to attend a mainstream school has been denied his human rights, according to his frustrated parents.
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1/20/2010 7:21:14 PM
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shiela
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Its so unfortunate to know all this, I hope that all this misunderstanding will be resolve or even will shed light to those parents to be aware of all the policies of the school for their guidance and everything.
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1/30/2010 8:38:53 PM
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pheinbaugh2
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Unfortunetly I don't think public schools have the resources to help handicaped children or any child with a special need. Most schools struggle to tolerate ADHD children and that is common. It makes me sad that any child would have to work so hard for what comes easily to an "average" child. Its very sad.
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2/1/2010 10:08:24 PM
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Ninoy
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A child has a right to be in school and the right to have an education, I think the school should have assessed his medical status the child before admitting him in school so that they will know his capacity to hear.
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