Re: FW: please read: i need your help..

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From: " specialed_watchdog " <SpecialEd_Watchdog@...>

autism_therapies

Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 13:16:43 -0000

Subject: [autism_therapies] please read: i need your help..

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Dear families, friends, supporters and members of the disabled

community:

Your support is needed! My friend, Mike Savory, is walking to

Washington DC from his home to send a message to the government that

rights of disabled individuals in special education must be

protected.

Please read the below and let your voice count. Log on to the

website and sign the guestbook and " walk " with Mike!

On May 30, 2002, Mike Savory will arrive in Washington D.C......on

foot! He will have walked 90.3 miles from Winchester, Virginia to

deliver his message to the government.

Mike Savory in his own words:

" My inspiration and drive comes from my son and my past...I am

disabled in many ways, more fortunate than many others, and worse

than a few. I have physical, psychological, and neurological

disabilities. If need be, I will push a wheelchair so that others may

join me. I challenge all who are advocates, disabled individuals,

parents, family members and friends of the disabled to take a stand

and make this country take notice. Some our children and adults are

treated worse than I was treated in the 1950's and 1960's. We all

have reasons not be there but we all have a big reason to be there -

the future of ALL that experience disabilities. "

In these uncertain times in the disabled community, as damaging

testimony is being received by the President's Commission for

Excellence in Special Education and the reauthorization of the

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)will be considered,

the rights of disabled students may be in jeopardy.

Mike Savory walks with purpose, each painstaking step toward " freedom

for disabled individuals to achieve all that is possible. "

He invites you to join him, if not in person, than in spirit.

Send a message to Washington. Let your voice be heard and counted.

Mike will deliver on behalf of all concerned the following document

with your name:

We, the undersigned, are concerned with the rights of the disabled in

special education and the community at large. We believe that

disabled individuals should have the opportunity to achieve their

fullest potential and we support legislation that will insure these

rights in the future. We " walk " with Mike in his journey to deliver

the message that the disabled community, comprised of disabled

individuals, parents, families, friends and supporters, stand with

Mike when he arrives in Washington DC on foot. Mike Savory does not

walk alone.

If you want your voice heard, sign the guestbook by May 26, 2002 and

it will be compiled and printed. Mike Savory will carry this

treasured document with him on his long journey with dignity and

honor.

http://www.geocities.com/mikesavorywalk/index.html

If you can want to walk with Mike Savory (part way or all the way) or

arrive in DC to stand beside him, contact Mike at: mailto:

sav425@...