Category Archives: trisomy9

Preparing for the Move

Once the decision to move was made there was much work to do.  Our first choice would be; where do we go?  This was not difficult.  Except for the experience we had with the city bureaucrats, we both loved Richmond … Continue reading

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Should We Stay or Should We Go?

After four years of putting down roots in Charleston the decision to leave was a little difficult, but then again we really had no choice.   It was clear that the Charleston County School System did not have the best interest of … Continue reading

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Ben’s First Day of School

We, quite frankly, had no idea what to expect on Ben’s first day of school.  To this point we had been showered with good fortune by having available to us places like the Cerebral Palsy Center, Children’s Hospital and finally  … Continue reading

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Our Second Try for a Successful IEP

Our next IEP with Charleston County Schools came after we had come to a semi-agreement with regards to transportation.  The Charles Webb Center had moved to its new site and a school in that district had a special education program which … Continue reading

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Ben Gives Us Another Scare

One day when Ben was four or five years old I received a call from the executive director at Charles Webb.  Ben had fallen backward while playing with a friend and had bumped his head on a bookshelf several purposes: … Continue reading

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