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When the Least Restrictive Environment is Residential: Meeting the Needs of Our Son.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Morris, Djenne-Amal N. |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | 2013 18 Malik-Asante Lamar, whose name means “the King that we are thankful for who is destined to do great things,” was born in 1996, just 13 months after his big sister, Imani. The excitement of having our first son soon turned into a medical and emotional nightmare when he was diagnosed with tracheal esophageal fistula, a hole between the four chambers of his heart, and coloboma, a cleft in the iris of the eye that causes vision loss. It did not stop there. Within 48 hours, we’d been told that Malik was profoundly deaf, legally blind, and developmentally delayed. Our beautiful baby boy was also fighting for his life, but he had a strong will and spirit. He wanted to live! My husband, Michael, and I embraced him, and we braced ourselves for the unknown roads that lay ahead. |
| Starting Page | 18 |
| Ending Page | 20 |
| Page Count | 3 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www3.gallaudet.edu/Documents/Clerc/Odyssey/2013_issue/Odyssey2013_Morris.pdf |
| Volume Number | 14 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Notice |
