Re: Re: IDEA hearing aids - to Sara

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In a message dated 4/15/2004 3:02:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

snobordnwifey@... writes:

But you all say that they are required to provide hearing aids. How does

that work? The audi said that they are required to provide certain things, but

that many times they just don't have the money so they bring out a 20 yr old

box of aids and FM's....etc. That makes me SO mad. It's very frustrating.

_______________________

Sara,

We've never gotten aides from our district and I've never attempted to fight

for that. We see his aides as personal property and we insure them with a

rider on our homeowner's insurance. Ian needed them immediately and it would

have

been a long drawn-out fight to get the school to do anything. So, we've simply

handled that ourselves. Our insurance company paid only $500 towards each

aide, and that was after we appealed it.

I've only heard about a few people who've been able to get their local school

to pay for the aides. And a few times I've heard about the parents having to

argue with the district to allow the aides to come home with the child. The

district apparently considered them to be their property and that the aides

should stay at school.

The whole thing did not seem to me to be a worthwhile fight. Was it an easy

bill to pay? No, we took out a loan in order to swing it. But we had the

resources to get him the aides. Some families don't. If we couldn't have manged

it,

I'd have been calling the Lion's Club and fighting for the district to use

their " Plan B " money to pay for those aides.

However, the district has purchased the FMs system and pays for the TOD and

any other services he's needed. We could have also pushed for audiology

care/evals, except I hate (HATE) the idea of this district having any control

over or

unsupervised access to our son's medical care. We use all our own doctors and

specialists because of our history with this district being less than honest.

Best -- Jill

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/15/2004 3:02:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

snobordnwifey@... writes:

But you all say that they are required to provide hearing aids. How does

that work? The audi said that they are required to provide certain things, but

that many times they just don't have the money so they bring out a 20 yr old

box of aids and FM's....etc. That makes me SO mad. It's very frustrating.

_______________________

Sara,

We've never gotten aides from our district and I've never attempted to fight

for that. We see his aides as personal property and we insure them with a

rider on our homeowner's insurance. Ian needed them immediately and it would

have

been a long drawn-out fight to get the school to do anything. So, we've simply

handled that ourselves. Our insurance company paid only $500 towards each

aide, and that was after we appealed it.

I've only heard about a few people who've been able to get their local school

to pay for the aides. And a few times I've heard about the parents having to

argue with the district to allow the aides to come home with the child. The

district apparently considered them to be their property and that the aides

should stay at school.

The whole thing did not seem to me to be a worthwhile fight. Was it an easy

bill to pay? No, we took out a loan in order to swing it. But we had the

resources to get him the aides. Some families don't. If we couldn't have manged

it,

I'd have been calling the Lion's Club and fighting for the district to use

their " Plan B " money to pay for those aides.

However, the district has purchased the FMs system and pays for the TOD and

any other services he's needed. We could have also pushed for audiology

care/evals, except I hate (HATE) the idea of this district having any control

over or

unsupervised access to our son's medical care. We use all our own doctors and

specialists because of our history with this district being less than honest.

Best -- Jill

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/15/2004 3:02:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

snobordnwifey@... writes:

But you all say that they are required to provide hearing aids. How does

that work? The audi said that they are required to provide certain things, but

that many times they just don't have the money so they bring out a 20 yr old

box of aids and FM's....etc. That makes me SO mad. It's very frustrating.

_______________________

Sara,

We've never gotten aides from our district and I've never attempted to fight

for that. We see his aides as personal property and we insure them with a

rider on our homeowner's insurance. Ian needed them immediately and it would

have

been a long drawn-out fight to get the school to do anything. So, we've simply

handled that ourselves. Our insurance company paid only $500 towards each

aide, and that was after we appealed it.

I've only heard about a few people who've been able to get their local school

to pay for the aides. And a few times I've heard about the parents having to

argue with the district to allow the aides to come home with the child. The

district apparently considered them to be their property and that the aides

should stay at school.

The whole thing did not seem to me to be a worthwhile fight. Was it an easy

bill to pay? No, we took out a loan in order to swing it. But we had the

resources to get him the aides. Some families don't. If we couldn't have manged

it,

I'd have been calling the Lion's Club and fighting for the district to use

their " Plan B " money to pay for those aides.

However, the district has purchased the FMs system and pays for the TOD and

any other services he's needed. We could have also pushed for audiology

care/evals, except I hate (HATE) the idea of this district having any control

over or

unsupervised access to our son's medical care. We use all our own doctors and

specialists because of our history with this district being less than honest.

Best -- Jill

[Guest guest]

My son Ian's hearing aids; molds and speech therapy are covered through

the Children's Rehabilitation Services here in AL. You might want to

check into your state's Department of Rehabilitation Services.

Tillery

Ian 3.8 yrs (Moderate/Severe_Aided)

Emma 8 (Hearing)

On Thursday, April 15, 2004, at 02:18 PM, JillcWood@... wrote:

> In a message dated 4/15/2004 3:02:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> snobordnwifey@... writes:

> But you all say that they are required to provide hearing aids. How

> does

> that work? The audi said that they are required to provide certain

> things, but

> that many times they just don't have the money so they bring out a 20

> yr old

> box of aids and FM's....etc. That makes me SO mad. It's very

> frustrating.

> _______________________

>

> Sara,

>

> We've never gotten aides from our district and I've never attempted to

> fight

> for that. We see his aides as personal property and we insure them

> with a

> rider on our homeowner's insurance. Ian needed them immediately and it

> would have

> been a long drawn-out fight to get the school to do anything. So,

> we've simply

> handled that ourselves. Our insurance company paid only $500 towards

> each

> aide, and that was after we appealed it.

>

> I've only heard about a few people who've been able to get their local

> school

> to pay for the aides. And a few times I've heard about the parents

> having to

> argue with the district to allow the aides to come home with the

> child. The

> district apparently considered them to be their property and that the

> aides

> should stay at school.

>

> The whole thing did not seem to me to be a worthwhile fight. Was it an

> easy

> bill to pay? No, we took out a loan in order to swing it. But we had

> the

> resources to get him the aides. Some families don't. If we couldn't

> have manged it,

> I'd have been calling the Lion's Club and fighting for the district to

> use

> their " Plan B " money to pay for those aides.

>

> However, the district has purchased the FMs system and pays for the

> TOD and

> any other services he's needed. We could have also pushed for audiology

> care/evals, except I hate (HATE) the idea of this district having any

> control over or

> unsupervised access to our son's medical care. We use all our own

> doctors and

> specialists because of our history with this district being less than

> honest.

>

> Best -- Jill

>

>

>