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8- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, April 14, 1998 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" They're angered over cuts to Grandview programs for disabled kids Parents will join Mother's Day March on Queen's Park By Rik Davie Port Perry Star Parents of handicapped children in Durham are angry over government cuts affecting their kids, and plan to take their fight to the province. They intend to launch a campaign aimed at informing area MPPs of their plight, and will also Join a march at Queen's Park on Mother's Day to show their displeasure with changes to care imposed on their physically and devel- opmentally handicapped children. Donna Herold, parent of a special needs child and a director of Port Perry's Central Seven Association for Community Living, co-chaired a meeting last Tuesday night at Oshawa's Grandview Children's Centre. Mrs. Herold is among the people whose children's needs have until now been addressed by Grandview, which has a satellite centre in Port Perry. She said parents are going to fight for the level of services they had before the provincial government introduced requirements that community care be contracted out to bidders. Grandview was not qualified to bid because of a stipulation that agencies vying for services in Durham must pro- Prince Albert FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL THE SCHOOL OFFICE KINDERGARTEN Monday, April 20th, 10am to 3pm SCUGOG CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 166 Simcoe Street South A Great Start..Christian Education vide "cradle to grave" care. "We will write letters, we will send faxes, we will march to Queen's Park... whatever it takes, we will do. These are our kids," she said. Mrs. Herold said that services like physiotherapy, delivered by contractors hired by Durham Access to Care at the child's home instead of at the Grandview Centre, don't provide the most vital part of the treatment her child needs. "You don't have the same person work- ing with your child. No relationship is achieved... and relationships are impor- tant when you work with these kids," she said. "The level of service is cut back and in the end it'll be the public that winds up footing the bill if these kids don't get what they need as early in life as possible." Grandview funding frozen Funding to the Grandview Centre, which supplies a wide variety of services for children with disabilities, has been frozen by the government since 1993. As a result, on March 31 Grandview terminated nine therapists, and 483 childrens' services are now on indefinite hold. Kathryn Bremner told the group of Limited gtonemooy ot On 4 > v Care Eeatst Open 6:30am to 6:00pm Call Karen for more info NI LOIS 000070) 8 Day Care Centres Inc. 399 Queen Street, Port Perry 985-0800 Openings in all age groups. Short or Long Te erm 35 parents that the services their kids receive could be in jeopardy if a protest isn't lodged now. "If we don't start letting the govern- ment know our concerns soon, kids are going to go without services they badly need," she said. All five area MPPs were invited to Tuesday's meeting, but just one -- Durham East's John O'Toole -- showed up. Mr. O'Toole arrived late, after attend- ing another meeting, but stayed with the parents for over an hour fielding sometimes angry questions. One mother screamed at Mr. O'Toole: "I'm on fixed income, and my child's treatment eligibility ends in September. What do I do then... what do I tell that little kid... what?" O'Toole expressed concern over the level of emotion he heard. "This is typical for these parents," he said. "They have already been through the meat grinder just getting these services in the first place. I want to understand their concerns, that's why I'm here." He assured parents he will make inquiries on behalf of the people con- cerned about Grandview. "My main concern will be to assure that Durham kids get the exact same level of service as elsewhere in the province," he said. "Durham has been on the caboose too long when it comes to funding for this sort of thing." Parents will join protest At the meeting the Mother's Day march, sponsored by the Ontario Coalition of Families Supporting People with Disabilities, was announced. It will include groups from across the province who will converge on Queen's Park to convey their message to the government. Locally, the parents' group hopes to attract more members, said Mrs. Herold, who called the turn-out for Tuesday's meeting disappointing. "We need to get the message out to parents of special needs kids, and we hoped the media would help us do that," she said. "This is too important to our kids." Parents wanting more information on changes to services for special needs kids can contact Kathryn Bremmer at 905-668-8765 or Pam McColl at 905- 725-5963. 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