Levesque, a Niagara Falls resident and co-founder and chair of Autism Advocacy Ontario, said more than 600 people have filled out an online survey her organization launched three weeks ago, asking families if they have concerns about safety and the challenges their children might face returning to school.

She said 80 to 90 per cent of parents who completed the survey opted for online learning, concerned about ensuring support they needed in the classroom would be available.

"But they're struggling beyond belief," she said. "They're saying, 'I can't send my kids to school and I can't do the virtual learning. My kid is having mental breakdowns every minute of the day, basically.'"

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Levesque said she too chose to enrol her eight-year-old daughter, Elihka, in online French immersion programs while home-schooling her son Larz, who has autism.

She said Elihka "loves to learn."

"She loves school and she loves her academic classes."

But after being verbally bullied by a classmate, she said, Elihka "went from an eager, happy learner to hating having to open that Chromebook, while in tears."

Levesque said it's clear from the survey responses she has received that her daughter isn't suffering alone.

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Welland resident Fallon Chisholm said her son has been spared the bullying Elihka faced, but he is coping with undue stress while attending online grade 6 classes - without the supports he would typically have available to him in the classroom setting.

Part of the problem is delays in forwarding her son's updated individual education plan to his teacher.

"Here we are in October and we still don't even have it," she said. "It's 2020, you can't just email it?"

Chisholm said she too is considering home-schooling her son, although she would prefer to keep him in class if possible.

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Niagara school boards were unable to provide information for this article prior to deadline.

But Levesque said students elsewhere in Ontario have struggled, too.

"I have a couple of families in Ottawa whose children were removed from their specialized learning programs," she said. "They can't read or write and were told basically 'tough luck' when they have to use the chat room to ask questions."

She said special education students in other parts of the province such as the GTA have yet to even begin their classes due to a lack of teachers.

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Levesque said many parents who completed the survey say they are now considering home-schooling their children.

Although school boards receive thousands of dollars in subsidies for each special education student attending classes there, that funding isn't redirected to parents who choose to home-school their child.

She said the survey asks how that funding would be used if available to parents.

"One-hundred per cent of the families said they would take the money for their child and run from the public education system - 100 per cent," she said.

"It's failing our kids."

Levesque said the organization will continue running the online survey for one more week, in the hope of getting more than 1,000 responses to share with the provincial government and school boards.

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_{reinforces - aims - provide support - independent - skills - responsibility}

3. What is the general idea of the paragraphs you read?
_{The paragraphs explain the program that helps children in all areas of communication, socialization, and general life skills. This help promotes children's independence for adulthood.}

4. Why is it important?
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When these children are not included within the mainstream school system, it "constitutes discrimination", the report concludes.

It states that the State has failed to provide school places for some of these children, particularly in black spots such as Dublin and Cork.

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School Place/ Children/ Failing/ Secure/ Appropiate/ Discrimination/ State

3. What is the general idea of the paragraphs you read?
In some parts of the USA, the State is not ensuring the right to have an appropiate place for all children, especially those with special educational needs

4. Why is it important?
Because it is a right of all children to have an appropiate school place for their learning

5. What is your opinion on the matter?
All children no matter their needs should be to a have an appropiate school place  

      -The Special School no.12 is also part of this last category. Currently, this school is the only remaining specialized educational institution in the country for children with hearing impairments. All the other schools were transformed, and children went to schools in community to learn together with their peers, in regular classes

2. Search for the keywords in the text (4 or 5)
    -Covid-19; students; online educations; special school; special educational needs.

3. What is the general idea of the paragraphs you read?
     - The general idea of the paragraphs is the difficulty of online classes for students with special educational needs. 

4. Why is it important?
     - Because special school n°12 is the only one for children with hearing disabilities and they had difficulties attending classes.

5. What is your opinion on the matter?
     - I agree that the greatest difficulties of the online classes were for students with special educational needs, because they need more face-to-face support.

3. When should parents talk to the teachers?

4. Who must prevent students hitting in the playground? 

5. How often should teachers make calls to parents?
 
6. What kind of game should students use at playground?