During advisory today, I was at an ELS (Enriching Lives through Service) meeting. For those who do not know, ELS is a club at our school that allows regular-ed students to interact with special-ed student in a classroom environment. I participate in ELS during all of my free periods, which is about 8 periods each week. At the meeting, the sponsor brought up an article that was sent to him. I just read the article and was very surprised by what it said. It was about how out of the 50 states in the US, Illinois is 51st (when District of Columbia included) out of all of the states to have general funding for people with Developmental Disabilities. Think about it: the 10th most wealthiest state in the nation funds people with disabilities the least? That does not make any sense at all to me. The article said that in order for Illinois to reach average spending would take about $250 million. I think that something needs to be done so that students with disabilities all over Illinois can be taught at the exact level that they need to be taught at. I plan to use this article as evidence in my Junior Theme.
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