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Show In Your Opinion Handicapped get great care Editor: I am a parent of a pre-school handicapped child who has been involved in-volved in the early interventionpreschool interven-tionpreschool program for the last year and a half in Davis County. I was so shocked to hear what Kathleen Jaques was saying about the program for her handicapped son. My association with the program pro-gram has exceeded my own original expectations. Our daughter is involved both with the handicapped and non-handicapped non-handicapped children in a very pleasant classroom. The teachers of both groups have been extremely capable. She receives one-on-one from several adults who are in the room on a daily basis plus special help from excellent sources (speech and physical therapists). Our goal -setting interviews with the teacher;: and staff have been informative. in-formative. A genuine concern for my child and her unique set of problems prob-lems is shown by all. I have been in the classroom many times, both as an observer and a participant and can truthfully say that I feel my child is getting the very best possible education with her handicaps and obstacles. I am sorry Kathleen Jaques has had such an unpleasant experience. I want others to know that the program pro-gram for the handicapped in Davis County, from another parent's perspective, is alive, healthy, and flourishing for one of its participants. par-ticipants. Judy Knoles Centerville Motorists do not own biker's road Editor: In responding to your "opinion" regarding bikers rights on helmet usage, this is my "opinion." Your column stated that "motorcyclists' right to not wear a helmet stops where motorists' right to drive begins "...what kind of prejudiced pre-judiced statement is that? Statements like that tend to make me feel like motorists such as yourself do believe that between bike and car you own the roadi Motorcycle accidents perhaps occur more because motorists tend to believe this and so they pay little or no attention to those on two wheels. The current Utah law is that those 18 and under in age must wear a helmet and those over may choose whether or not to. Motorcyclists argue that the decision should be left for the riders and not the lawmakers who do not ride. If a person wants to wear a helmet, he will, if not the choice should still be his to make. Your "opinion" states that 4 'costs to Utahns due to injuries involving in-volving cyclists are great enough to silence the protests," yet there is no mention about the costs other motorists also pass to those same Utahns. As do auto drivers so also do motorcyclists have to have insurance in-surance for what they ride. The key is education. In high schools they should have a state-funded riders training program pro-gram so the youngsters of today will not become only memories tomorrow. ABATE (American Bikers Aimed Toward Education) and other motorcyclist rights groups have taken the first steps for training train-ing programs... but they can't do it alone, they need all the public's support. If your child wants to ride a 130 mph motorcycle, heshe will regardless of a helmet law.. .why not put them through a riders training course and teach them a few things they must know before they throttle off. The statement in the column says, "a helmet will not guarantee safety, that's true, but it will take away the certainty of severe head injuries." This is like saying wearing sun-tan sun-tan lotion will keep you from burning, burn-ing, it may help but there is no guarantee 1 The lawmakers have seen the pros and cons on this issue and on Monday, Jan. 27, 1992 they decided the arguments from the anti-helmet followers was greater than for the helmet. The bottom line is simple personal per-sonal opinion! Both sides of this issue could go on forever and it would still come down to personal opinion. If you don't like r sks, stay home I If you believe in a state of communism, com-munism, then tal e away the person's per-son's personal opinion on if heshe wants to wear a helmet. Remember, education is the bottom line. I welcome responses. Lane Merritt P.O. Box 520821 Salt Lake City, UT 84152 Animal testing or torture ? In our eighth grade English class, we are discussing the topic of animal rights. We are for animal testing, but not if it is for the wrong reasons such as to see how an animal will react to being isolated for long periods of time, and other such tests. We also think companies should use anesthetics rather than inflicting emotional and physical pain on them. After all, is it testing or torture? Animal testing is done for many reasons. One is to find cures for diseases and disorders. Animal testing is also used in industrial research. re-search. Companies test their products pro-ducts everyday using animals, but some of the testing methods they use are cruel and inhumane. We think that some of the "testing" that companies do on animals is disgusting. One test they do is the Draize test They spray hairs pray and other toxic chemicals in the eyes of rabbits, and the rabbits are helpless, because they can't wash things out of their eyes because they have no tearducts. Please help us in the fight to gain rights for all those animals that are being tortured. They can't fight for their rights so we need to do it for them. This topic has disturbed us greatly. great-ly. We are hoping that writing this letter will let others know more about this subject and give us personal per-sonal satisfactionknowing that we have tried to help by making more people aware. Thank you. West Bountiful students Hannah Blackburn Matt Cannon Corissa Harris Steve Hadley Kristine Knighton i fa |
