Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, June 20, 1993 TAG: 9306180028
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE LENGTH: Short
Taylor, who attends Max Meadows Elementary School in Wythe County, has worked with disabled children and took issue with some advice Clinton had given some children with disabilities.
She said he had told a wheelchair-bound girl to talk to representatives of her school system but failed to tell her she could qualify for free legal counsel and a free due-process hearing to get the proper accommodations at her school. If he is going to be president, she wrote him, he ought to know the law regarding special education.
Clinton not only wrote back but sent Taylor an autographed photo of himself.
He said he was delighted to hear about her volunteer work as a junior advocate in the Mom's Kids program. "We must all focus on changing our country, and volunteering within the community can help to bring about that change," he said.
When she opened the letter and saw who it was from, she said, "I was sort of surprised."
She had written three other letters to Clinton and never heard a word.
by CNB