...For all mothers of handicapped children YEAH, MA "Yeah, Ma, they just passed House Bill 504. It says, that kids like I was, can go to school. Not Institutions, but Schools...where kids run and jump...And play on swings...and fight." "Yeah, Ma...I remember when Mrs. Jacobsen came to the door, And I crawled on all fours to open it...And smiled up at her. She looked down at me...and then into your eyes. "Do you expect the Public Schools to accept this...I mean him?" "Yeah, Ma, I remember how you wiped the dough off your hands. You were making those yummy "Bulkes." ...The ones with Cinnamon and Raisins. You said, "Please sit down, Mrs. Jacobsen, and tell me, And how is my supposed to get an education?" "Well, we'll go look at this place, Spadra, you call it? You say they have special things to take care of cripples? The school can't take the responsibility for him getting hurt? Insurance regulations, you say...what right do they have To say what education my boy gets? We'll go to Spadra, next Friday, and see..." "Yeah, Ma, I remember a few weeks later...Mrs. Jacobsen came to the door again. You opened the door this time...it was cold inside. It was cold inside...cold when she came in, Even though the stove had wood in it. Her eyes were steely...and, she said, "How dare you write That letter to the School Board? My decisions have always been final!!!"
