ColdTowne Theater
Capital Metro Strike Possibility Throws Parents of Disabled Children Into Total Panic
RECEIVED Tue., Jan. 31, 2006
Dear Editor,
To strike or not to strike [“Capital Metro Strike Threat Looms,” News, Jan. 27]. As a parent of an adult child with severe/profound disabilities, the services provided by STS are vital to the decision to have my child living at home with me. Without this service, my daughter is unable to attend the day program that provides her community-based services while I am working. As a special-education teacher, it is important that I work each day; with pending strikes it places my life into a total tailspin. I am not sure if both sides of the situation realize the impact they are placing on people who are central to the Capital Metro system – their participants.
Using a population of people who already have at least one step down due to their disabilities, they and their families are further manipulated and maltreated by being placed in a situation where they are no more than pawns.
What does the threat of strike do to me ... with students waiting early in the morning for me, meetings, and classes at night at UT, it throws me into total panic.
To strike or not to strike [“Capital Metro Strike Threat Looms,” News, Jan. 27]. As a parent of an adult child with severe/profound disabilities, the services provided by STS are vital to the decision to have my child living at home with me. Without this service, my daughter is unable to attend the day program that provides her community-based services while I am working. As a special-education teacher, it is important that I work each day; with pending strikes it places my life into a total tailspin. I am not sure if both sides of the situation realize the impact they are placing on people who are central to the Capital Metro system – their participants.
Using a population of people who already have at least one step down due to their disabilities, they and their families are further manipulated and maltreated by being placed in a situation where they are no more than pawns.
What does the threat of strike do to me ... with students waiting early in the morning for me, meetings, and classes at night at UT, it throws me into total panic.
Sue Schnars
