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Handicapped Children Have
Special Educational Needs
By George Kahdy
We live in a talking,
chattering, magpie world.
Children who cannot make
themselves understood because
of poor speech patterns often
have trouble expressing
themselves to other people -
and this creates another
problem - social exclusion. Of
the 25,000 children who
receive special help in school in
speech and hearing programs in
North Carolina, most have
articulation problems. The
other major speech problems
are stuttering, language
impairments, cerebral palsy,
cleft palate, and voice
disorders. Many of these
youngsters, through efforts of
28S specially allotted
therapists, develop acceptable
speech and function as other
citizens. It is an exciting
moment for both therapist and
the pupil when the pupil
knows that he. has used a
difficult sound correctly in a
sentence, or when he realizes
his voice quality is pleasing to
others.
Hearing Handicaps
We live in a hearing world.
Can you imagine what it would
be like to live in a world of
silence - never to have heard
the song of a bird, the sound of
a cricket? There are
approximately 6,000 children
in North Carolina who appear
to be like other children until
you try to speak with them.
Unless this barrier can be
overcome, children with
hearing impairments have a
difficult time in school. They
become frustrated or withdraw
into a world of silence.
New school programs for
these children have recently
developed in North Carolina.
Now, youngsters as early as
one year of age can attend
public school if they have
serious hearing loss. Our State
Board of Education and our
General Assembly understand
that early intervention can
prevent additional handicaps in
these youngsters. In the first
year of special public school
efforts for the hearing
impaired, 290 pupils received
help. Evidence is that this
number will grow rapidly.
The Blind
We live in a seeing world.
The attitude of pity toward the
blind is deeply rooted in our
culture. It undoubtedly played
an important role in
stimulating the development of
educational programs for blind
children which were
established, not with the
objective of making the blind
child into a self - sufficient
adult, but rather with
improving his unfortunate
condition of living his life in
darkness. Today, schools are
determined to provide
educational programs for the
visually handicapped bccause
in most ways the students are
like all other students.
In most cases, children with
severe visual impairments
attend schools in institutions.
There, they receive good
training with the latest
equipment - braille and so
forth. However, since most will
live and work in a seeing world,
is it not better for them to
spend some of their time in
regular public schools where
they can interact with their
peers?
In North Carolina, ISO of
these youngsters attend regular
classes in public schools where
they have the supportive
services of special instructional
materials, and in some school
systems, special teachers. It is
estimated that there are
approximately 2,400 of these
students who could benefit in
regular public school programs
with special help.
The Hospitalized
We live in a walking.
running, constantly moving
world. Each year 1,800
children in North Carolina are
brought to an abrupt halt by
accidents or serious illness
which leave them confined in
hospitals and at home. Upon
return to school, many of these
students find it impossible to
catch up with the progress
made by their classmates. In
order to prevent a student's
losing sometimes as much as a
school year, 60 teachers are
presently working with about
400 homebound and
hospitalized students until they
return to classes.
The Crippled
We live in a world where
healthy bodies are prized, but a
world that provides for its
crippled citizens. Students who
have a crippling physical
disability are placed in regular
classrooms if possible. But if
their handicap makes it
impossible or inadvisable for
them to participate in regular
school programs, spccial classes
for them may be provided.
These are children with
physical handicaps of a serious
long term or permanent nature.
They may have muscular or
neuromuscular handicaps such
as cerebral palsy, skeletal
deformities such as no arms or
legs, or disabilities which result
in chronic lack of strength,
such as epilepsy.
In North Carolina, more
than 300 physically
handicapped are being taught
by specially allotted teachers.
Over 5,000 more students need
this special help. Institutions
are partially filling this need,
but students could profit
greatly from many other
necessary benefits in a public
school setting. We all can recite
success stories of people we
know who have overcome their
handicaps, but how many more
could we name if they had
been provided an enriched
education tailored to their
needs?
In the late sixties, North
Carolina began providing
services for emotionally
distrubed children in special
education programs. The
following gives evidence of this
need:
1. North Carolina graduated
65,200 high school seniors last
year. However, 45 of every 100
who entered the first grade
twelve years earlier had
dropped from school before
graduating.
2. Of those students who
enter the eighth grade, 66 out
of 100 graduate. Twenty -
three of these enter college.
3. Suicides among teenagers
during the last ten years have
trippled, while the population
increased much less.
4. Over 6,000 children are
given psychological evaluations
each year.
5. There is an alarming
increase in drug use.
6. In the last five years, over
15,000 children have been seen
in the State's mental health
centers for reasons of
emotional disturbance.
7. Many others, according to
reports, go untouched, often
the silent ones, moving through
the public schools with little
achievement, apathy, and
alienation.
We estimate that fewer than
one - half of one percent (139
of the estimated 36,000
children) of emotionally
disturbed children receive
special help within our school
systems. Efforts are being
made to study how the
classroom teacher can
individualize her classroom
tasks rather than exclude the
child. Efforts are also being
made to make emotionally
disturbed children comfortable
in school or in school directed
programs. Emphasis is placed
on relevance and success.
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W. Daniel Renn, President of
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Textile Improvement Seen
By Burlington Chairman
New York, N.Y., May 3,
1971 - Indications of a
bottoming out and the
beginnings of an upward trend
in consumer confidence were
noted today by Charles F.
Myers Jr., chairman of
Burlington Industries, Inc., in a
speech before the New York
Society of Security Analysts.
"There is now finally some
evidence, both statistically and
from contacts with our major
customers, that the consumer
is coming back into the
market," he said. "Our home
furnishings business is picking
up, but the retail apparel
markets continue to reflect
consumer uncertainty as they
have since the spring of 1969.
Part of this uncertainty, we
believe, came from confusion
over fashion trends, which now
appear to be settling down.
Therefore, we think it is just a
matter of time before definite
improvement will be seen in
our apparel fabric sales."
Mr. Myers noted that
liquidation of inventories
forward of the textile
manufacturer had significantly
depressed sales in recent
quarters, but that the
inventory factor is now
swinging from a negative to a
positive force in textile sales.
"This suggests that textile
sales volume should soon
improve," he said, "although
we do not expect rapid
improvement immediately.
Many indications point to an
overall acceleration of the
economy later this year and in
1972. Hence we look forward
to marked improvement in
almost all of our markets later
this year and into fiscal 1972."
Commenting on Burlington's
recently announced
coordinated promotion of its
home furnishings products, Mr.
Myers^noted that the home
products market accounted for
about S4S0 million of the
Company's 1970 sales of S1.82
billion, including about $200
million in carpets and rugs, SSO
million in domestics such as
sheets and pillowcases, SI70
million in draperies, drapery
fabrics, upholstery and ticking
fabrics, and about S33 million
in furniture. He added that
Burlington's advertising budget
for the fall, 1971, selling
season would include some $7
million for home fashions ?? the
largest single advertising effort
ever attempted in this area. Mr.
Myers said the Company will
concentrate on the Burlington
House brand name. In line with
this emphasis, he said, "our
United and Globe Furniture
divisions have been reorganized
as Burlington House Furniture;
we have established a new
Burlington House Carpet
division, and renamed the
Charm Tred division to
Burlington House Area Rugs.
"We have added towels and
blankets to our domestics
products line. These follow a
major program in branded and
designer sheets and pillowcases
under the Burlington Vera and
Burlington House labels."
The Burlington chairman
noted that the Company's
involvement in knit fabrics was
growing.
"A majority of our $330
million in textured and spun
yarn sales volume is sold to the
knitting trades," he said. "This
has been a growing and
profitable business in reccnt
years." Pointing out that about
40 percent of the Company's
1970 sales, or S720 million,
was in finished apparel fabrics,
Mr. Myers said, "Burlington's
finished knit fabric business,
excluding all types of hosiery,
was about $55 million in 1970.
We estimate it will grow to $85
million in the current fiscal
year. And based on present
capital expenditure
commitments and expected
growth in Knit usage, we
believe out knit fabric ulei will
be substantially larger in 1972
and subsequent years."
The Burlington chairman
stressed, however, that the
Company would continue to
use a variety of knitting and
weaving equipment in its
operations.
He added that about live
percent of Burlington's total
1470 sales, or $90 million, was
in unfinished (greige) apparel
fabrics and about eight percent
or SI50 million, in women's,
men's, and children's hosiery.
In meeting current market
needs and anticipating those in
the future, Burlington has
invested $257 million in capital
facilities for fiscal 1969 and
1970, Mr. Myers said. He
added that capital expenditures
for fiscal 1971 are estimated at
$110 to $120 million. "In
connection with our capital
program," he said, "we are
committed to seeing that our
operations meet or exceed all
state and federal requirements
for pollution control."
"Our plants are modern and
our financial position is
strong," Mr. Myers said in
conclusion. "At April 3, our
working capital reached $505
million, an all ? time high. We
arc convinced that our
inventories are in sound
condition. I am confident that
Burlington is ready to benefit
from the stronger business
picture that lies ahead."
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uncertain as a tiger." The
expression arose because
Bengal tigers found in that
country usually flee when
anyone approaches, but
sometimes attack instead, the
National Geographic Society
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