Help needed, even if it's just passing the word...

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The Winkelmans of Supreme Court case fame have been in Due Process the last week and are facing heavy financial difficulties based on their son's needs and the stance taken by their children's school district.Monarch, 's school, has been gracious enough to allow per deim payment for 's enrollment. Currently he is receiving no schooling. We need everyone's help! Please see the attached for details.___________________________________________________________________ The Winkelman Family have fought for the rights of all parents across the country. They need our help today. Please consider giving back to this heroic family in their time of need. http://www.parentadvocates.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article & articleID=6942 Autism Family Assistance Fund Imagine waking up in a foreign land and not being able to speak or understand the language around you! How would you operate in a world truly different from the one you lived in? Welcome to the world of autism… Autism is a complex neurobiological disorder that affects the functioning of the brain, impairing normal development in the areas of social interaction and communication skills. One in 166

children is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. A new case is diagnosed almost every 20 minutes. There is no cure for autism and no understanding of what causes it. The Cleveland area is fortunate to have several critically needed services available for families who have children with autism, including the Monarch School. Unfortunately, tuition at a school for autism is very expensive. Most families cannot afford to pay private tuition and depend on their local school systems for help. (See http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=1350 ) article by ph Leone: Autism on the rise and in need of attention.) There are times, however, when schools refuse to fund programs and provide services for children with autism. To litigate a school district, families can face attorney fees of $100,000 or more each year. Where does a family turn? You can help! A group of parents has just started the Monarch School for Autism's Family Assistance Fund. The premise of this fund is to provide services at Monarch for children with autism regardless of their family's ability to pay. No child with autism should be left

behind. Right now there is a little boy named who has been at Monarch School since 2003 and has made remarkable progress at miracle levels. Due to funding, remains at home with no school to attend. needs to get back to school today. Please help this family bring their child back to school. The tuition is $375.00 per day. We need to raise 60 days of tuition. We need sixty people to reach in their hearts and help keep in school while his family continues to litigate for his rights. Please consider a tax-deductible gift to the Family Assistance Fund. Sincerely Barb Fabinak (Parent of a Monarch student) Send checks made out to The Monarch School for Autism to: Barb Fabinak, 385 Tanglewood Lane, Bay

Village, OH 44140. Email Barb at: BFabinak385@... Shane M.D. , Center for Mental Retardation, 1331 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114; (the United Way Bldg). E-mail Shane at: SMD@... Shane has strived to create a ‘posse’ to support the Winkelmans in anyway we can and has been appointed by them as, the “Lead Winkelman Family

Advocate”. Contact: Debra Mandell (Director of Monarch School) mandelld@...

Please consider making a donation and passing this along to others who have a heart for children. For more info on Monarch School go to: www.bellefairejcb.org Click on Monarch Services Shane M.D. "Light travels faster than sound, this is why some people appear bright until you

hear them speak..." Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery, today is a gift hence it is called the present. *None of us is as smart as all of us* Check out some of my work at: http://photos./smdscott141

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Hi, Shane --

Wow...I wish we could help. Seeing as how we might end up in a legal battle ourselves, we've got nothing to offer but prayers, and see if we can spread the word to those who might be able to donate. I wish the Winkelmans much luck, and hope they can get the money raised to send back to school. I'm sorry that's all we can offer...but moral support is always a good thing.

--Suzanne

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Subject: [ ] Help needed, even if it's just passing the word...

The Winkelmans of Supreme Court case fame have been in Due Process the last week and are facing heavy financial difficulties based on their son's needs and the stance taken by their children's school district.

Monarch, 's school, has been gracious enough to allow per deim payment for 's enrollment. Currently he is receiving no schooling. We need everyone's help!

Please see the attached for details.

___________________________________________________________________

The Winkelman Family have fought for the rights of all parents across the country. They need our help today. Please consider giving back to this heroic family in their time of need.

http://www.parentadvocates.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article & articleID=6942

Autism Family Assistance Fund

Imagine waking up in a foreign land and not being able to speak or understand the language around you! How would you operate in a world truly different from the one you lived in? Welcome to the world of autism…

Autism is a complex neurobiological disorder that affects the functioning of the brain, impairing normal development in the areas of social interaction and

communication skills. One in 166 children is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. A new case is diagnosed almost every 20 minutes. There is no cure for autism and no understanding of what causes it.

The Cleveland area is fortunate to have several critically needed services available for families who have children with autism, including the Monarch School. Unfortunately, tuition at a school for autism is very expensive. Most families cannot afford to pay private tuition and depend on their local school systems for help.

(See http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=1350 ) article by ph Leone: Autism on the rise and in need of attention.) There are times, however, when schools refuse to fund programs and provide services for children with autism. To litigate a school district, families can face attorney fees of $100,000 or more each year. Where does a family turn?

You can help! A group of parents has just started the Monarch School for Autism's Family Assistance Fund. The premise of this fund is to provide services at Monarch for children with autism regardless of their family's ability to pay. No child with autism should be left behind.

Right now there is a little boy named who has been at Monarch School since 2003 and has made remarkable progress at miracle levels. Due to funding, remains at home with no school to attend. needs to get back to school today. Please help this family bring their child back to school. The tuition is $375.00 per day. We need to raise 60 days of tuition. We need sixty people to reach in their hearts and help keep in school while his family continues to litigate for his rights. Please consider a tax-deductible gift to the Family Assistance Fund.

Sincerely

Barb Fabinak (Parent of a Monarch student)

Send checks made out to The Monarch School for Autism to:

Barb Fabinak, 385 Tanglewood Lane, Bay Village, OH 44140. Email Barb at: BFabinak385comcast (DOT) net

Shane M.D. , Center for Mental Retardation, 1331 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114; (the United Way Bldg). E-mail Shane at: SMDSBCGlobal (DOT) net Shane has strived to create a ‘posse’ to support the Winkelmans in anyway we can and has been appointed by them as, the “Lead Winkelman Family Advocateâ€.

Contact: Debra Mandell (Director of Monarch School) mandelldbellefairejcb (DOT) org

Please consider making a donation and passing this along to others who have a heart for children.

For more info on Monarch School go to: www.bellefairejcb.org Click on Monarch Services

Shane M.D.

"Light travels faster than sound, this is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak..."

Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery, today is a gift hence it is called the present.

*None of us is as smart as all of us*

Check out some of my work at: http://photos./smdscott141

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