Disability Educators' Lies That Hurt Children

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Author JoAnn Exposes Disability Educators' Lies That Hurt

Children

Parents Fighting for Their Children's Lives Face Severe Financial

Hardship

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Many parents who are fighting for an appropriate education for their

child with disabilities encounter lies by disability educators. Many

times parents do not understand that they are being lied to, and may

believe this false information, to the detriment of their child. The

new book, Disability Deception: Lies Disability Educators Tell and

How Parents Can Beat Them at Their Own Game, by JoAnn , will

finally expose these lies, and give practical, easy to follow

advocacy strategies on how to win the lie game!

" As a mother of two adults with disabilities, I have been lied to

many times, and am outraged by this deceptive practice! " says author

JoAnn . " Disability Deception will help parents recognize

when they are being lied to, teach them how to assertively and

persistently advocate for their child, and give them many useful

resources to provide them the ammunition they need to fight for

their child's life. "

Parents who are trying to fight for an appropriate education for

their child, and overcome school personnel's lies, are facing severe

financial hardship. Some must spend hundreds of thousands of dollars

to ensure that their child is making " meaningful " progress in their

education. School districts often have expansive financial

resources, while parents usually have few.

An example is the Winkelman family of Parma, Ohio, who recently won a

Supreme Court decision, but must continue to fight for their son

to receive an appropriate education. This is causing financial

hardship to the family. An article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer by

Auster has a headline of " The courts tarry but the bills

don't, autistic kids' mom finds. "

Another article in the Denver Post by Auge has a headline

of " The fight for autism. " The Tappert family of Colorado paid

$110,000 over two years for therapy for their daughter Abby's

autism. The Tappert family recently won payment of the $110,000 from

Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Therapies for autism are extremely

expensive, and few families can afford to pay for them on their own.

A fight with school personnel for payment of the expensive

therapies causes more financial hardship on parents.

Web addresses for both articles are at www.disabilitydeception.com.

C.P., a parent from Virginia, states, " Disability Deception is a

must have for parents ... that need honest and truthful information

about what school districts don't want you to know about your

rights. " Disability Deception gives parents a fighting chance!

JoAnn Publishing was started in 2007 to tell the truth about

special education. JoAnn has been an educational advocate

for over fifteen years. The book is sold on www.amazon.com; also a

link is available on www.disabilitydeception.com.