[Joanna Ng]

Dear Feat readers,

Burnaby parents' group will be meeting again. Our focus is to start a support group to help our children have a better and more supportive environment in school.

Venue: Bob-Prittie {Metrotown Public Library]
6100 Willingdon Ave. [meeting room]
Date: Wednesday, September 15th
Time: 6:30-8:00pm

Hope to see you there!

[Joanna Ng]

FYI: The Provincial government's 2011 Budget Consultations are in Vancouver Sept 15th . Registration opens at 8am on the 9th .Hearings are also scheduled for other dates in other communities around the proviince.

Please circulate this and encourage groups and individuals to register to speak about any concerns they might have about budget cuts and underfunding for education, special education, autism & other early intervention pprograms, supported child care, adult group homes and other community living services etc, etc

Here is the link:

http://www.leg.bc.ca/budgetconsultations/public_hearing.asp

It is really important that MLAs on the committee hear loud and clear that British Columbians want to see vital supports and services for children and adults with developmental disabiliteis restored. If you can't present in person, the committee also receives input via email or online.

[Joanna Ng]

FYI: The Provincial government's 2011 Budget Consultations are in Vancouver Sept 15th . Registration opens at 8am on the 9th .Hearings are also scheduled for other dates in other communities around the proviince.

Please circulate this and encourage groups and individuals to register to speak about any concerns they might have about budget cuts and underfunding for education, special education, autism & other early intervention pprograms, supported child care, adult group homes and other community living services etc, etc

Here is the link:

http://www.leg.bc.ca/budgetconsultations/public_hearing.asp

It is really important that MLAs on the committee hear loud and clear that British Columbians want to see vital supports and services for children and adults with developmental disabiliteis restored. If you can't present in person, the committee also receives input via email or online.

[Joanna Ng]

FYI: The Provincial government's 2011 Budget Consultations are in Vancouver Sept 15th . Registration opens at 8am on the 9th .Hearings are also scheduled for other dates in other communities around the proviince.

Please circulate this and encourage groups and individuals to register to speak about any concerns they might have about budget cuts and underfunding for education, special education, autism & other early intervention pprograms, supported child care, adult group homes and other community living services etc, etc

Here is the link:

http://www.leg.bc.ca/budgetconsultations/public_hearing.asp

It is really important that MLAs on the committee hear loud and clear that British Columbians want to see vital supports and services for children and adults with developmental disabiliteis restored. If you can't present in person, the committee also receives input via email or online.

[Joanna Ng]

Dear Feat readers,

Burnaby parents' group will be meeting again. Our focus is to start a support group to help our children have a better and more supportive environment in school.

Venue: Bob-Prittie {Metrotown Public Library]
6100 Willingdon Ave. [meeting room]
Date: Friday, August 13th
Time: 6:30-8:00pm

Hope to see you there!

hana.takuya@yahoo.com

[Joanna Ng]

Dear Feat readers,

Burnaby parents' group will be meeting again. Our focus is to start a support group to help our children have a better and more supportive environment in school.

Venue: Bob-Prittie {Metrotown Public Library]
6100 Willingdon Ave. [meeting room]
Date: Friday, August 13th
Time: 6:30-8:00pm

Hope to see you there!

hana.takuya@yahoo.com

[Joanna Ng]

Dear Feat users,
Can anyone recommend any preschool which is more open to family having their own 1:1 support?

Thanks.
hana.takuya@yahoo.com

[Joanna Ng]

Hi. I'm looking for Baby Bumblebee's dvds. Please email me if you have these dvds for sale.

hana.takuya@yahoo.com

Thank you.

[Joanna Ng]

Dear Dave and Julia,

Congratulations to both of you. I'm sure you are so proud of him and definitely of yourselves. Mr. P has achieved this far because he has a pair of caring, loving and hardworking parents who never give up on hope.

You are all our pride.

And thank you for always sharing your success here …gives us hope!

Cheers.

[Joanna Ng]

Dear Heidi,

Problem with the schools is not just Langley alone. I believe it's a huge problem that we are facing but should not be facing in every school district in BC [correct me if I've mistaken].

Among all, only Surrey is achieving success.

Probably no one has tried to respond to your posting because we do not have 'the' answer. In fact, we don't even have 'an' answer.

This problem is actually what we are trying to work on with the meeting of Burnaby parents' group.

Regardless of any answer to the solution, we only know that we, the parents, need to form a group. We need to have numbers to show the schools that 'we are serious'.

Being a parent of the 'autism world' officially for a year now, I've attended a series of workshops, trainings, seminars. From attending seminars to hiring consultants, therapists, OTs, SLPs, etc…we work alone.

But with the school, we can't. Writing them letters, hiring lawyers and sending our blood pressure high up after talking to them – all means nothing and have little effect on what we'd like to change.

Only by coming together in a bigger group, can we proof ourselves 'worthy to be seen and heard' by the school districts.

Just a few months ago, I thought I wouldn't have this problem because I've decided to send my child to a semi-private school. I thought my problem [with schools] will be solved if only I'd spend few thousand dollars extra per year for that. Until when another parent shared how such school is pressuring more on families [to have a series of lab tests done] even though the child already has a diagnosis.
So, going semi-private is no solution at all. If the economy gets worse, more hells will break loose.

Seriously, I've sent a dozen of emails out hoping to find more families to come and work together. But none has responded. Well, I should be happy [to have no response] because probably they have all found a quick solution to the 'school problem' and I truly wish so.

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