Re: Autism Advocate Faces 150+ Years in Prison

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> " Autism Advocate Faces 150+ Years in Prison "

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> Over School District

> Intimidation Tactics.

> > By Barry , AutismNews.com

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> Ray Parenteau is a parent of a child with autism and the co-founder

> of

> AutismAdvocate.net . He has stood up countless times and

> advocated for

> the educational rights of children with autism and

> other disabilities in this

> small central Arizona town of Prescott

> for the last several years.

>

> In

> just the last 90 days he has filed and prevailed in 8 Arizona

> Department of

> Education complaints and one due process complaint

> while representing 6

> students.

>

> Yesterday he met with Prescott Unified School

> District's

> superintendent Kapp and officials the Department of

> Justice

> from Denver Colorado and came to a resolution agreement

> concerning

> the discrimination of a hearing impaired child with down

> syndrome.

> It was there second time out in a little over a year.

>

> In

> this case the principle of the junior high school told a students

> parents

> " that it would be too upsetting to the regular students " for

> the disabled

> child to attend here " the family was told. The student

> was unable to attend

> his home school for over one month while the

> problem was sorted

> out.

>

> At 7am this morning Mr. Parenteau he was awakened to a half

> dozen

> plain clothes detectives with guns drawn serving a warrant for

> his

> arrest He was charged with 1 count of fraud and 31 counts of

> forgery

> resulting from a contract between his company and the district

> from

> a due process complaint to educate his son.

>

> " I have done nothing

> wrong. " This is a clear case of intimidation

> between the Prescott Unified

> School Distinct and myself to prevent

> me from helping the kids that need it

> the most. " states Mr.

> Parenteau. I was just trying to hold them (the

> district)

> accountable and give the kids a chance to succeed. "

>

> READ

> MORE AT: (copy and paste)

> (That is if you want to read the biased version  -

> Mike)

>

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http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1 & SubSectionID=1 & ArticleID=62649 & TM=3\

2274.19

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> AutismNews.com

>

> PUSDinCRISIS.com

>

> Please

> send this email to everyone you know. Ray is my advocate for

> my two kids with

> autism. I know it is a smear campaign and he will

> be found

> innocent!

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>

> Now

> in this case this Advocate/Father is looking at a century and a

> half behind

> bars for coming to a settlement (that means it's

> settled..right ?  Wrong...)

> with the district regarding payment for an

> inhome program.  Who knows how

> long this father paid for

> it out of his own pocket.  But because he paid

> someone half of what

> the district gave him AND because he is an Advocate.. he

> is facing

> fraud charge and other charges based on keeping part of what he

> was

> probably already owed, and that 'part' is the key word.    We

> must

> send a message to our President Elect, to all of those that wish to

> go

> after Advocates like we are some kind of 'wanted' people on

> pictures in

> the post office.    If someone were to break the law and

> take some funds that

> they were owed back to them in an 'unwritten

> agreement', would they be

> charged with anything.. and would they have

> even broken the law. Just as an

> Advocate is not allowed to directly

> quote the law based on a circumstance

> (Although we do), A school

> district that admitted they had not given the

> child

> his Civil Right  should as well be accountable.   This father has

> done

> nothing more then what should have warranted a warning or at the

> most

> a lawsuit asking for the funds back..then he could have countered

> on

> the fact they owe him even more.

> Instead state troopers come in with

> guns in hand and ready to shoot a

> Father of a child with Autism who wants to

> help others.. and instead

> of going after him for helping others they are

> making a media parade

> about how he 'helped himself' and omitting the fact

> that they did not

> help the child which led to a due process which led to a

> settlement -

> a far cry from someone committing a crime that would call for

> even a

> day and a half behind bars.. let alone 150 years.. When are we

> just

> going to say " ENOUGH ALREADY !!! " I have already stated this

> and

> will continue to do so.

>

> In this last week we've seen the CNN

> reports at

>  http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/17/seclusion.rooms/index.html  and

> now

> that we see this - Have we heard of any pending charges in that case

> ?

>  They want all Advocates to shake in their shoes.  I will not.

> Instead

> we shall shake their shoes, vote for the Autism Reform ACT and

> let them

> know.. this isn't a request to further my agenda.. the ACT is

> already in the

> lead by far, but I think we should

> " lay the hammer down " on this and let

> our future President know that

> we shall not be intimidated through tactics

> such as this.  I refuse to be.

>

http://www.change.org/idea/view/accept_and_sign_the_autism_reform_act_of_2009

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> E. , Sr, The Office of Advocacy for Autistic Children

> I appreciate

> your support in helping children with Autism and

> other

> disabilities.

> Another very strong idea that should be looked at by

> all to help so

> many that need this.. Regarding Medicaid Waivers being fully

> funded .

> please look at this and vote accordingly - this will change the

> future

> of many.. the site for the Medicaid Reform is at:

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