I'm in my bathrobe, I haven't showered for three days! (Don't worry I'll take one today I promise.) I'm fighting terrible heartburn AND I think the Prozac makes it worse. But that's nothing really, compared to the news I got from a couple of friends this week:
News #1
My good friend is losing his job. Sad monetarily speaking, but his wife is one of my few friends. (I often fight hermit tendencies, as a matter of fact my family calls me, "the family hermit.") So now I have two friends my anonymous neighbor friend and my Indian friend. Hey two friends are better than nothing, but wait this is my whiny time so I shall continue....
News #2
A fellow Mom sent me this, "The School Board has a very vague item on the cut list, which simply says "any special education items not directly on students' IEPs... cost to be determined." Essentially, they would like to gut special education without directly violating the law. Very broad, very vague, We have a new, younger board that is less experienced, and especially less experienced with special education. At the same time, we have a population of parents who were very active in years past as advocates whose children are aging out (OMG that includes me) -- we need to get new younger families involved, and soon!"
I don't want to fight anymore, especially since I feel like I do all the fighting and everyone else gets the benefits... When is someone gonna fight for me for a change?! Boo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo. I know, I know how selfish. Yes that is a selfish thought, but its how I feel. I pray God helps me through this one...
So that's my blah news. Friends leaving, budget cuts, Prozac problems, I'm a mess. Well hey, I'm always a mess so whats new. Time to go get some coffee...
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Trust me I feel your pain. Our district just cut 98 special education case workers. My child's summer camp may be cut outright or a larger co-pay would be required. Couple that with a limited number of programs with any type of success rate with reducing the number and severity of his tantrums and you have an autistic child that may have to spend more time at home instead of outdoors with no apparant means of bringing happiness to his life. We are not asking for miracles just some help. Since my wife and I both have to work, public funded programs that offer ANY basic child activities for special needs children are very important but becoming more difficult to find.
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