Blind in Houston

The HOUSTON CHRONICLE has a story today on sixteen-year-old boy who has been blind now for two months and the path he is taking from general education to the services off

March 28, 2006 -- The HOUSTON CHRONICLE has a story today on sixteen-year-old boy who has been blind now for two months and the path he is taking from general education to the services offered by special education. The story is enlightening.

To Joseph Fleeks, new to life as a blind person, the testing process and timeline of special education seem intolerably drawn out. For example, after two months of being blind, no one is teaching him to read braille yet. But educators and administrators feel that they are well within the legal requirements of how quickly things are supposed to get done.

The story gives some insight into the tensions built into the special education placement process...