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disability benefits for kids with Epilepsy
Tue, 03/06/2007 - 09:27Topic: Parents & Caregivers
Does anyone know of disability benefits for kids with Epilepsy? Our daughter has fallen soooooooooooooooooo far behind in her algebra that she'll have to go to summer school just to get the credit to stay on track for 10th grade next year. I'll looked and looked on the internet and have come up short. my doctor was no help in this matter either. We have no support groups down here in Charleston. Go figure. Im not looking for a full ride but close if not half of the tuition for the sylvan learning center which by the way is $3000 for 65 of instruction. so if anyone knows of grants or anything that helps parents in this matter please pass it on... Im not up here that often so please place it here so other parents will know and also please email it to me at
mahansc@bellsouth.net.
thanks.
Scott & Kellie M.
Re: Re: disability benefits for kids with Epilepsy
Submitted by mar96 on Wed, 2007-03-28 - 20:30
My 10yr old daughter is also way behind. She is in grade 5 and we just had an assessment done at Sylvan Learning. She is working at a grade 2 level in Math and grade 3 level in reading. No wonder she's having so much trouble in school. She has been having absence seizures for the past 3 years and have been difficult to control. She is now on Lamictal as well as Valproic Acid. I have not noticed any absence seizures the past few days. I am hoping! I believe a lot of her problems have been the seizures. The school just thinks it's her behavior and attitude. She is failing gr. 5. We have to pay $4500. for 100 hours of classes at Sylvan. Does anyone know of any funding you can get in Canada. It is going to take a long time to get her caught up.