Ignoring Jewish special needs kids
Jewish parents in New York are charging that Orthodox Jewish day schools in the city are not accommodating special-needs children in the community, particular when kids with Down's Syndrome can be "mainstreamed."
NY 1 TV filed a video report on the subject, and several months ago Rabbi Dovid Cohen of the Young Israel of the West Side penned a column in the N.Y. Jewish Week about schools' rejection of his own child, who has Down's Syndrome.
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It depends on what mean by “orthodox Jews”. Chabad’s national Friendship Circle, for example, provides mentors for special needs children and visits them in their homes regularly as well. Chabad of California’s Gan Israel preschool on Pico Blvd in Los Angeles is an “inclusive” school in which special needs children are integrated with other students and all facilities and playground equipment is special needs friendly. It has been supported and singled out by the Los Angeles Universal Preschool Program, which uses cigarette tax money to provide free preschool for students throughout the region, as a part of state-wide California First Five.
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Alan Simons
06/07/10 05:58 PM
Obviously, I’m not an expert on Shushan Dennis’ bigoted comment. Perhaps someone could enlighten me as to what she means?