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Re: IL Budget Cuts Hurt Those Who Need It Most

Heidi — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:39:03 GMT

I agree that foster funds should not be cut. I do not agree that adopted children should get a subsidy (from $4-700 per month depending on age), BUT special needs should be paid. Once a child is adopted, has no special needs, why am I paying for a subsidy? That's just silly. Perfectly healthy children being adopted into happy homes by parents looking to have children & we pay them child support. Everything should be case by case so these needy children & needy families that want to help with this case load of children can be helped. Not so adoptive parents that make over 80 grand can get vacation money & the state budget goes to heck. Give it to those that need it. CASE BY CASE!

Re: IL Budget Cuts Hurt Those Who Need It Most

Heidi — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:38:09 GMT

Re: Michael Savage Insists Children with Autism are Brats

Marie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:44:49 GMT

People ! do you not undertand that he is not talking about the children that DO have autism, he is talking about children who DO NOT have autism and have been misdiagnosed ! Just let it go, he was not aiming that comment toward people like you ..

Re: Michael Savage Insists Children with Autism are Brats

Marie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:44:31 GMT

Re: Michael Savage Insists Children with Autism are Brats

Marie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:38:16 GMT

For those of you that did not hear the entire show, as a professional that works with autistic chilren, he was saying that there is an over load of labeling children with autism. I have seen thousands of cases in which the mother had her child imitate autism characteristics in order to recieve funds. Also, I have seen underdisciplined children be carelessly labeld as autistic. So I am sorry to say from what I have been exposed to i agree with Michael Savage, some of those children are simply brats, imitating a disorder that I would never wish on an individual.

Re: Michael Savage Insists Children with Autism are Brats

Marie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:25:23 GMT

Re: Michael Savage Insists Children with Autism are Brats

Marie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:10:21 GMT

Re: IL Budget Cuts Hurt Those Who Need It Most

squabwithfibro — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:15:18 GMT

I heard on the news earlier today that Illinois is considering proposing an emergency income tax increase. Your solution seems sensible.....to cut the fat at the top!

Re: IL Budget Cuts Hurt Those Who Need It Most

Lori Taylor — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:47:53 GMT

We foster/adopt kids with special needs. As part of the economy downfall my husband was laid off 2 weeks ago. His field has been in an incline for 5 years and we've been greatly affected financially. On top of this we learned the proposed budget is to cut adoption subsidy by 30%-50%. This will financially ruin us and finally put us under. What will happen to us, a family of six, with 2 special needs kids? What about all the foster kids out there that will be returned to agencies because they can't afford to keep the kids? The agencies that will also be cut by 30%-50%. These agencies where caseloads will go from 20 to 50 kids per worker? What about all the private contracts by the state already having been terminated effective July 1? Our daughter, who has faced gross neglect and abuse, will loose her therapist of many years. What about her and others like her that are having the rug pulled out from under them? Where will they go for mental health. Certainly not Medicaid. I'm normally a heavy sleeper, yet, here I am at 6:00 a.m. on the computer searching for the past hour. Our country needs serious help. We need to stop cutting services and funding for programs that are desperately needed and get rid of the waste in government. I'm afraid the cancer is too quickly metastasising to be able to catch up. I'm very worried. Lori Taylor 277 Seneca Way Bolingbrook, IL 60440 630-226-9055

Re: IL Budget Cuts Hurt Those Who Need It Most

JFLMad — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:34:05 GMT

That would be a HUGE blow to us if they decide to close ISD and ISVI. ISD is our 2nd home and we all had many cherish memories while being student there.

Re: Disney Makes Strides Toward Accessibility for Deaf Customers

dc matthews — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:31:58 GMT

AIDES to help severely disabled still must pay a separate entrance fee. confirmed at recent Anahiem ABILITIES EXPO. :>(

Re: Disney Makes Strides Toward Accessibility for Deaf Customers

Ryan — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:51:57 GMT

I am wondering how easy it is to use. While I haven't been to Disney World, I wouldn't want to spend 10-15 minutes learning how to use it. If I went with my sister, although she would sit there and learn it with me, she really wouldn't want to wait longer than a minute. While I don't know how DW works, but if they have movies playing on loops, so you can freely come and go, people who don't need the device may complain if half way through there is now closed captions. If they did it by default, complaints would be mute, and nothing extra to be carried...

Re: Deaf Drama--Dorothy Meets Alice

jeana Beasley — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:23:01 GMT

I am the musical director for this play and would love to see more pictures or videos of how your production went

Re: Disney Makes Strides Toward Accessibility for Deaf Customers

DurateqATV — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:11:50 GMT

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Re: Disney Makes Strides Toward Accessibility for Deaf Customers

hotrodjess — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:24:37 GMT

I love it when theme parks make great improvements to there accessiblity to deaf people because it seems like deaf people are always left out. If you decide to take them to Disney invest in a park-hopper so you don't to put up with them complaining about being stuck at a place like Magic Kingdom with a lot of "kiddie" rides. Also, if they happen to be teenage boys(or girls that like video games like i do) Disney Quest is another must see. its 5 floors of virtual reality stuff and video games.