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a new plan. 504

One of our kids has asthma.  It is severe enough that she regularly misses school when she needs to stay at home and do her breathing treatments. It is bad enough that she has missed 9 days of school this year.  She keeps up with the school work, and doesn’t hesitate to stay late when she needs help getting caught up.  Today, I sent a written email request to the school for a 504 plan. What is a 504 plan? Section 504 states that: “No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States, as defined in section 706(8) of this title, shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance…” [29 U.S.C. §794(a), 34 C.F.R. §104.4(a)]. Section 504 continues with: To be covered

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Another look at the boxes…

Hopefully you have read my previous post about boxes. If not, click here. In life, we all have boxes that are different shapes and sizes.  Can you imagine if every box looked the same? Now, you might not appreciate all of this talk about boxes.  Let’s look at it from another perspective. How about if we talk about people? The people that we surround ourselves with, come in all shapes and sizes, colors, nationalities and ages. Some are tall and thin, others are tall and stout.  Does that make each person worth any less as a human being? Some layer on the cosmetics to cover up some perceived defect in their appearance. It is what is on the inside that counts.  The contents of the “box” that makes it beautiful, handsome… what ever. And yes, my wife does sell Avon.  I am surprised at the amount of stuff that Avon

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Let’s talk about boxes…

You ever wonder about boxes?  Me either.  Until… My wife sells Avon.   I wouldn’t say it is a huge money maker, but she enjoys it.  Every other week or so, she gets four or five boxes.  We also order regularly from Amazon.com.  So, we had this stack of boxes in our house, most of them get recycled.  They are fairly uniform in depth and width.  Some are even the same height. Have you ever noticed how each box is different? This box is taller than that box.  That box is narrower than this box over here.  This box is brown, that box is white.  Some boxes have writing on them, others don’t. The amazon boxes even come with pockets of air.  Not sure what to think about those boxes. I recently received a package from a good friend that was shipped from The UPS Store.  It was uniform.  same height,

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