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Advocacy4AllTM
So every child can be their bestTM
Advocacy4All is a new initiative of Drive4Rebecca to help families advocate more effectively on behalf of their children with special needs.
Through Advocacy4All, Drive4Rebecca is supporting not for profit organizations that offer advocacy services. The long-term goal is to help provide free assistance to any family in need so that every child can be their best. 100% of the proceeds from sales of The Special Needs Parent Handbook™ are helping to fund Advocacy4All.
While the people who make educational decisions about children with special needs may have the best intentions, they have a huge conflict of interest and are ultimately guided by policies that do not put the child’s best interests first. They work for the school system and must minimize public expenditures – and that comes at the expense of a child’s future.
When parents of children with special needs don’t know their rights or are unable to assert themselves, their children can become victims of a form of unintentional child abuse by the school system. Without a powerful voice to represent them, these kids will be denied the best possible education and will not reach their potential.
Consider the family where English is a second language, the single mom, or two working parents who work so hard they barely get to see their kids. These families are at a tremendous disadvantage because of a lack of understanding of the law, an inability to communicate or, in the case of the single mom, the sheer exhaustion of just trying to keep her head above water in order to survive each day.
To kick off Advocacy 4All, we raised over $5000 from 50 different donors in a 30 day period during The Global Giving Challenge and earned a permanent spot on the Global Giving web site.
While Drive4Rebecca continues to raise funds for autism, all funds raised in connection with Advocacy4All are for the benefit of all children with special needs.
Please join the discussion at SpecialNeedsParentZone.org and thank you for helping to support our effort to help make sure that no child with special needs gets left behind.
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Praise for The Special Needs Parent Handbook:
“Singer’s book offers parents thoughtful guidance with
a healthy dose of honesty and optimism”
Ed Matthews, MyChildWithoutLimits.org
“The Special Needs Parent Handbook is a simple, easy
to read book offering practical advice”
Lisa Borges, The Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism
“Timely, well written, practical ... this slim gem should
be on the shelf of every library”
Julianne J. Smith, Library Journal
Great reviews from Library Journal and the American Library Association Booklist
100% of proceeds from all sales support Advocacy 4 All - thank you!
The Drive for Rebecca, Inc.
Tenafly, NJ 07670
“Advocacy 4 All” and “So every child can be their best” ares trademarks of The Drive for Rebecca, Inc. (c) 2009 All rights reserved.
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