THERE'S 2210 TIMES FOMPLE OF IT. MANY TIMES THESE ARE STUDENTS ARE AT GRADE LEVEL. THEY
COME INTO A EARLY INTERVENTION OR PRESCHOOL, DON'T SHOW ANY IMPACT. THEY DON'T SHOW
ANY IMPACT BECAUSE THE PART OF THEIR EYE THAT, IS GOING TO BE DAMAGED, UM, BEYOND REPAIR
IS NOT SHOWING THOSE SIGNS YET. OFTEN THESE KIDS ARE NOT EVEN DIAGNOSED UNLESS THEY HAVE
GENETIC TESTING. UNTIL, THEY START TO TRIP AND FALL OR THEY CAN'T SEE AT ALL AT NIGHT.
THAT IS USUALLY PRETTY EARLY. BUT THEN THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S THE IMPACT FROM. SO
WHEN -- WHEN WE DON'T, WHEN WE CAN'T GET ENTRANCE TO THAT, WHAT WE FIND IS, I'M NOT JUST
SAYING THIS, MANY OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE LATER COME BACK TO US AND SAY, I WOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THROUGH TAKING NOTES WITHOUT KNOWING BRAILLE.
EVEN THOUGH, I THOUGHT I'M LEARNING THE WHOLE CODE, TO TAKE AWAY THAT A PROGRESSIVE
THAT DELINEATION, EVEN THOUGH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT IS LOW INCIDENCE THAT PARTICULAR
POPULATION, OF PROGRESSIVE IMPAIRMENT WOULD LEAVE US NO ALTERNATIVE UNLESS THEY HAVE
ANOTHER DEFINING IMPAIRMENT WITH RP, OFTEN THAT IS JUST IT.
WE HAVE A STUDENT, I HAVE A STUDENT RIGHT NOW, AND MY COLLEAGUE HAS A STUDENT HE IS IN
MEDICAL SCHOOL AT WAYNE STATE, HIS DID NOT PROGRESS UNTIL HE WAS AT UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN. HAD WE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TEACH HIM TECHNOLOGY. EXPLORE SCREEN READERS ALL OF
THAT, HE WOULD BE TRYING TO LEARN THAT WHILE HE IS IN A VERY -- PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION
PROGRAM. SO THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE KINDS OF STUDENTS.
OBVIOUSLY, UM, THERE ARE MANY DISTRICTS THAT YOU KNOW, UM, CANNOT DO ANY SPECIALIZED
SKILL UNDER A 504. THAT'S NOT WHAT A 504 IS. IT'S NOT ABOUT ACCOMMODATIONS AT THIS POINT.
IT'S ABOUT SKILLS. AND THAT CLOSES THE DOOR IF THEY DON'T MEET THE VISION REQUIREMENT.
THEY'RE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AT NIGHT. USUALLY AT FIRST. BUT NOT DURING THE DAY. BUT THEN THEY
BECOME UNABLE TO READ OR DO ANYTHING ONCE THAT HAS PROGRESSED. WE WANT TO GET IN
THERE, TO AT LEAST GIVE THEM THE TOOLS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
09:18:55 >> NANCY ROTARIUS: THANK YOU JULIE.
IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE THAT IS CURRENTLY ON, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENT AGAIN
YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND. OR INDICATE IN THE CHAT, OR PUT YOUR COMMENT IN THE CHAT.
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>> NANCY ROTARIUS: IF THERE ARE NO OTHER PARTICIPANTS WHO WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME, WE
WILL TAKE A SHORT RECESS, THE TIME IS NOW 9:20.
09:20:13 (RECESS)
>> NANCY ROTARIUS: THE TIME IS NOW 9:30 THE HEARING IS RECONVENED. LET THE RECORD SHOW
THAT THERE ARE NO NEW PARTICIPANTS IF ANY OF OUR CURRENT PARTICIPANTS WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE COMMENT, YOU CAN INDICATE IN THE CHAT OR RAISE YOUR HAND OR UNMUTE YOURSELF
USING STAR 6 ON YOUR PHONE.
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