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As a parent of a special needs son, who has gone through the entire system, I can say, it doesn't work.

I have done the IEP's, I have spend thousands of hours and dollars...mainstreamed...ILC...all the buzz words you need.

My son, now 20 has a modified deploma from Westview. Everyone was 'soooo' kind...

Net, my son can't write fast enough to take notes...
My son is and has been unemployeed. We are on our 3rd attempt at dishwashing for a living...

and things are not going well...

The bottom line is the Specical Ed services are not working to provide our children with the tools and assistance for the real world.

My son is pretty disabled...but he can work, and wants to work.

YEARS of effort...with nothing to show, is NOT a sucess...

OH, and yes, we did it ALL...

Greg M, Beaverton/Portland

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