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Molly More press for Micha & the cause--check it out
Oakland University to appeal ruling on cognitively impaired man's housing | freep.com | Detroit Free
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Oakland University will appeal a judge’s findings that the school must allow a cognitively impaired Huntington Woods man to live on campus, but will allow Micah Fialka-Feldman to do just that during the process.
Molly Micha's Moving in! Check out the great story on NPR about Micha's recent court decision. How exciting!
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Increasingly kids with intellectual disabilities are graduating from high school, and some are attending college. Oakland University in Michigan is one of many schools and community colleges that are setting up programs for students with intellectual disabilities. ...
Teresa Whelley
Micha Even if you don't get the decision today, please post an update.
Teresa
Stephanie $11 million is included in the FY 2010 omnibus appropriations bill for Model Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Programs for students with intellectual dsiabilities (under the higher ed act). A range of projects will be funded, up to $1 mil per year each, under the Office of Postsecondary Education. Final bill ...still needs to pass. Thanks to all who helped support this funding!
Micah Fialka-Feldman
Join Micah Fialka-Feldman at his Summary Judgment Hearing in the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 2:45 pm EST in the Court Room of Judge Patrick J. Duggan, Room 861, 231 West Lafayette, Detroit, Michigan
We hope you can join our family and friends at this important ...hearing.
History is being made in Detroit. The inclusive education movement is breaking down barriers and redefining education. Micah's journey is truly a national story. Why is Oakland University spending hundreds of thousands of dollars (tax money) to keep Micah out of the dormitory? What are they afraid of?
Micah is active in many campus groups and has had the courage to stand up against the administration to end this discrimination. Micah wants a life with dignity and wants to be included. Students across the campus have expressed support for Micah. Micah is very grateful for the Options Program but now it is time to take the next step, open up the dorms to students with intellectual disabilities.
In 2007, Micah began paying full tuition as a full time student and was told he could live in the dormitory. He completed a housing application; the university accepted his deposit and emailed a confirmation letter with his move-in date of January 6, 20008. Then they changed their mind, changed the application, and now it is in Federal Court. Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc (MPAS) (www.mpas.org) has worked tirelessly and diligently on behalf of Micah.
Come to the court hearing on Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 2:45pm in Judge Duggan’s Court, Room 861, 231 West Lafayette. This is a historic court hearing for all students. Please continue to share these update emails with your friends and the media. To learn more about college for students with intellectual disabilities, go to www.thinkcollege.net. To see updates on Micah’s case, go to www.throughthesamedoor.com.
See you on Thursday. For more information, please email Micahff@aol.com or call Micah at 248-376-6556.
www.mpas.org
Think College The new searchable literature database is now on the Think College website!
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Doors to colleges are opening for people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities in many different ways all over the country. This website is designed to share what is currently going on, ...
Christina Goldstone We are starting the application process right now for my daughter Daniela to apply to some postsecondary programs for next fall. It's daunting, but exciting! Glad to see there are more programs opening up. We just wrote for more info on the new programs in South Carolina ( we live in Virginia). We'd love to hear about ...any other new residential programs opening up (especially in the southeast) that aren't yet on the Think college website! Thanks!
Stephanie news article on new postsecondary opportunities in Kentucky
www.courier-journal.com
Donna Martinez
While not related directly to attending college...these articles affect post school outcomes-- lack of employment is hitting individuals with disabilities very hard:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12591820
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The struggles of one nonprofit organization show how an economic pall can be particularly tough on the disabled, a group that suffers from chronically low employment.
Donna Martinez
http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?Cont
Neotracking in North Carolina: How High School Courses of Study Reproduce Race and Class-Based Stratification
by Roslyn Arlin Mickelson & Bobbie J. Everett
This article describes neotracking, a new form of tracking in North Carolina that is the outgrowth of the state's... reformed curricular standards, the High School Courses of Study Framework (COS). Conclusions:
Neotracking tends to reproduce race and social class stratification of
opportunities to learn, resulting in the worst of both worlds: the
majority of North Carolina’s high school graduates are prepared neither
for higher education nor for the workplace—one of the very problems
that the accountability movement and the NC Course of Study program was
intended to address.
Donna Martinez Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias! Thanks to all of you who are working so deligently towards inclusion in community, college and careers.
Paulette Proie Apostolides
Hi from Pittsburgh, Pa. Just joined and we are glad to learn Think College families, students, and professionals are able to connect through facebook.
Thanks to Debra,Cate and Maria for your presentation at TASH Tech this week.
we enjoyed your visit!
