Dear President Bush, ---- a letter from a child about special ed ucation

[Guest guest]

We need more messages like this that stress the importance of IDEA to

regular ed kids as well as special ed kids! Please feel free to share this

letter (written by my 11 year old son).

January 5, 2004

Dear President Bush,

My name is Alperstein, and I am an 11 year old boy. I do not have a

disability, but I have a brother who does and a friend who does.

I think that you should not pass H.R.1350 because I think special needs

children should get as much education as possible. I spent New Years with a

kid with autism, and he only then spoke his first independent words. It

shows that when he is around other kids his age, he can start doing things

like regular kids. So if H.R.1350 separates (my friend) from other

kids his age, he will stop talking and acting like a normal child. Most of

the time he can only talk if his mother tells him what to say, but when he

was around me and my family, he said his first independent words and even

started acting like us, and even eating the things that we eat. From being

around other kids, has chosen to play drums, play piano, ski and

play marimba in the school band. If we take away from his peers,

he probably would stop doing all those things and go back to not really

being able to do much.

Obviously being around regular kids in school has helped a lot, but

it also helps regular kids like me. At first, I thought that could

barely do anything and couldn't really talk or play instruments or do

anything. I didn't even think that he could understand what I was saying.

But spending New Years with him taught me that from being around normal

kids, he could actually do all those things.

Kids like me need to know that kids like ARE like every other kid

except for the disability. A lot of kids think that special needs children

are just plain weird, if you know what I mean. I think that special needs

children should be in regular classes with regular children so that other

children will learn that special needs children are just like them. Regular

children need to learn that children with disabilities are children with

disabilities, not disabled children. That means that they are just like

regular children except they have a disability, not a totally different

species because they have a disability.

Please make sure kids like can stay in school with regular children

and don't pass H.R.1350.

Sincerely,

Alperstein

[Guest guest]

This brought tears to my eyes. What a beautiful letter.

Pam

Dear President Bush, ---- a letter from a

child about special ed ucation

We need more messages like this that stress the importance of IDEA to

regular ed kids as well as special ed kids! Please feel free to share

this

letter (written by my 11 year old son).

January 5, 2004

Dear President Bush,

My name is Alperstein, and I am an 11 year old boy. I do not have

a

disability, but I have a brother who does and a friend who does.

I think that you should not pass H.R.1350 because I think special needs

children should get as much education as possible. I spent New Years with

a

kid with autism, and he only then spoke his first independent words. It

shows that when he is around other kids his age, he can start doing things

like regular kids. So if H.R.1350 separates (my friend) from

other

kids his age, he will stop talking and acting like a normal child. Most

of

the time he can only talk if his mother tells him what to say, but when he

was around me and my family, he said his first independent words and even

started acting like us, and even eating the things that we eat. From

being

around other kids, has chosen to play drums, play piano, ski and

play marimba in the school band. If we take away from his peers,

he probably would stop doing all those things and go back to not really

being able to do much.

Obviously being around regular kids in school has helped a lot,

but

it also helps regular kids like me. At first, I thought that

could

barely do anything and couldn't really talk or play instruments or do

anything. I didn't even think that he could understand what I was saying.

But spending New Years with him taught me that from being around normal

kids, he could actually do all those things.

Kids like me need to know that kids like ARE like every other kid

except for the disability. A lot of kids think that special needs

children

are just plain weird, if you know what I mean. I think that special needs

children should be in regular classes with regular children so that other

children will learn that special needs children are just like them.

Regular

children need to learn that children with disabilities are children with

disabilities, not disabled children. That means that they are just like

regular children except they have a disability, not a totally different

species because they have a disability.

Please make sure kids like can stay in school with regular

children

and don't pass H.R.1350.

Sincerely,

Alperstein

[Guest guest]

This brought tears to my eyes. What a beautiful letter.

Pam

Dear President Bush, ---- a letter from a

child about special ed ucation

We need more messages like this that stress the importance of IDEA to

regular ed kids as well as special ed kids! Please feel free to share

this

letter (written by my 11 year old son).

January 5, 2004

Dear President Bush,

My name is Alperstein, and I am an 11 year old boy. I do not have

a

disability, but I have a brother who does and a friend who does.

I think that you should not pass H.R.1350 because I think special needs

children should get as much education as possible. I spent New Years with

a

kid with autism, and he only then spoke his first independent words. It

shows that when he is around other kids his age, he can start doing things

like regular kids. So if H.R.1350 separates (my friend) from

other

kids his age, he will stop talking and acting like a normal child. Most

of

the time he can only talk if his mother tells him what to say, but when he

was around me and my family, he said his first independent words and even

started acting like us, and even eating the things that we eat. From

being

around other kids, has chosen to play drums, play piano, ski and

play marimba in the school band. If we take away from his peers,

he probably would stop doing all those things and go back to not really

being able to do much.

Obviously being around regular kids in school has helped a lot,

but

it also helps regular kids like me. At first, I thought that

could

barely do anything and couldn't really talk or play instruments or do

anything. I didn't even think that he could understand what I was saying.

But spending New Years with him taught me that from being around normal

kids, he could actually do all those things.

Kids like me need to know that kids like ARE like every other kid

except for the disability. A lot of kids think that special needs

children

are just plain weird, if you know what I mean. I think that special needs

children should be in regular classes with regular children so that other

children will learn that special needs children are just like them.

Regular

children need to learn that children with disabilities are children with

disabilities, not disabled children. That means that they are just like

regular children except they have a disability, not a totally different

species because they have a disability.

Please make sure kids like can stay in school with regular

children

and don't pass H.R.1350.

Sincerely,

Alperstein

[Guest guest]

,

That is an impressive letter from your son, but is HR 1350 going to remove our

kids from regular ed classrooms? I am surprised by this if this is the case.

[Guest guest]

,

That is an impressive letter from your son, but is HR 1350 going to remove our

kids from regular ed classrooms? I am surprised by this if this is the case.