Should I fight for an interpreter?

It's also called acknowledging financial reality and when it really hits the wall it may just come down to that.

But I think technology in due time, certainly in our lifetime, will come up with a virtual ASL interpreter and voice recognition device you can carry in your pocket for any languages.
 
kokonut said:
It's also called acknowledging financial reality and when it really hits the wall it may just come down to that.

But I think technology in due time, certainly in our lifetime, will come up with a virtual ASL interpreter and voice recognition device you can carry in your pocket for any languages.
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Already has, and it has proven itself ineffective.
 
kokonut said:
It's also called acknowledging financial reality and when it really hits the wall it may just come down to that.

But I think technology in due time, certainly in our lifetime, will come up with a virtual ASL interpreter and voice recognition device you can carry in your pocket for any languages.
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and we can afford that? or is it even technologically feasible anytime soon? Probably not for another 100 years.

again - it's illegal to deny one due to budget issue.
 
kokonut said:
Yes, but what about California? With them going toward bankruptcy, how would that be resolved if they heavily cash strapped?
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Not all pots are empty. I don't know how California's finances are set up but I can give you an example from my state.

We are also experiencing budget problems in our public schools. The pot of money that pays teacher salaries is running empty. Cuts will be made.

BUT the same schools are buying new iPads for all the students. How can they do this? It comes out of another pot of money.

There is one pot (account) for salaries, and another one for capital improvements. They are not interchangeable. Even if there is plenty of money in the iPad (special programs) pot, it can't be dipped into for paying teacher salaries.

I'm not saying that's a good system. I'm just explaining how some of these things happen.

Sometimes schools pay sub or extra terps out of a miscellaneous fund instead of the salaries fund. The money for a terp for a deaf high school football player's games and practices might come from the sports fund instead of the faculty fund. There are many creative financing options.
 
kokonut said:
It's also called acknowledging financial reality and when it really hits the wall it may just come down to that.

But I think technology in due time, certainly in our lifetime, will come up with a virtual ASL interpreter and voice recognition device you can carry in your pocket for any languages.
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Good Lord, you really are an audist.
 
My Kaiser Permanente is currently trying out the VRI thing......
 
kokonut said:
I was talking about computer rendered virtual ASL interpreter....not a real one. Didn't you see how I included voice recognition?
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don't you think the fund is better spent on something easily feasible? like... training terps and offering better pay?
 
Reba said:
True but it could establish a school policy precedent. I've seen it happen in medical settings. "Oh, so-and-so's mother always interpreted for Patient A, so maybe Patient B's husband could do the same thing."

Schools will pick up on any way around the law that they can. I've seen what happens from the terp end of the situation. They will stall, hem-and-haw, dance around, intimidate, "forget," cry poverty, whatever, to get out of paying for a terp, or paying full price for a qualified terp. I've even had them "forget" to pay me for months.

Not all schools are like that but there are enough of them to be a problem.
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now that I agree with 100%.....and I have seen it myself with other situations.

But here we are giving advice to an individual. A parent. Now is the role of the parent to provide the best for their child or provide as much as they can for their child while preserving the system for others?

Now that is a valid debate.... My answer, As a parent I am going to do everything I can within the law to make sure my child has everything they need. Selfish? Perhaps.... But that is my right as a parent. Now does that mean I am going to let the state,fed or local governments off the hook. I think everyone here knows me better than that. :)
 
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