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Article: Jason goes to junior high. (Jason Elias, 15-year-old with Down syndrome)
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- The Exceptional Parent
- Article date:
- September 1, 1991
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Jason Elias, a 15-year-old with Down syndrome, has grown up on the pages of Exceptional Parent. We found him nursing (June 1977), playing with neighborhood children (December 1980), going to kindergarten and first grade February 1983, September 1986), prospering in the mainstream (September 1988), and now making the transition to junior high school.
" I REALLY WANT TO STAY WITH MY FRIENDS AT RINCON VALLEY JUNIOR HIGH," was Jason's fervent wish after spending a couple of days at the end of the school year visiting other possible placements for him. And with that comment he resolved the last of several issues that he, our family and his teachers had faced during ...