Diana,

Were are you based?

It would depend on were you are, many different states in the US
would have groups that may be able to help.

Also you may want to consider speaking to private organisations that
may have an interest in this.

People with learning difficulties are supposed to be much more
creative so perhaps contacting organisations from such industries
that rely on creativity and innovation for success may be a good
idea.

Corporate social responsibility is a big issue these days, if you
put a good enough proposal together you never know what you will get.


"I am committed to tearing down the remaining barriers to equality
that face Americans with disabilities today"

President George W. Bush, 01st February 2003.

Why not see if he meant it?


Lee




--- In dyslexiasupportgroup@yahoogroups.com, "ladi_diana"
<ladi_diana@y...> wrote:
> I am posting this to share an idea that I have. As the mother of a
> dyslexic child and as an educator, I am very frustrated with the
> lack of help for children in high school. It breaks my heart to
see
> my daughter work so hard to get her grades up high enough to get
on
> a sports team, just to get kicked off later because they won't
make
> any accomodations for that. I think this is wrong, the kids need
the
> extra curriculum activities to boost their self-esteem.
>
> A friend of mine and myself both have graduate degrees in
> education. We are trying to find a way to fund a private high
> school for students with learning disabilities. It is very
difficult
> to get money to start a project like this. One way that I have
> found, it that tyson has a project called A+ school project and on
> all of their meat items there is a label with the A+ school
project
> on it to cut and save. Each label is worth 24 cents and when
> collected by the school can be used any way the school chooses. I
> have started saving them and would be very appreciative of anyone
> else who might save them for us.
>
> Also if you have any other ideas for start up funds, PLEASE let me
> know.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Diana