European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes August 1977 modern living the Battle Over a retarded Childs education  Ericka Musser with daughter Heidi a crusade for All parents with handicapped by Paul us Lanka sew Stirk times alms Sprind nut Heidi Musser moved cautiously amiss the Low bar in her Kyminas Lii class us it leaning Unwor in Shi did not have Grace but Heidi Ivas Nul the to Var old Giri seemed Vire comfortable doing in the Nius Ninfi herself backward and liar Wurl she was Lvon better As she played a Mozart sonata while her Piari per forms with lie Chicago symphony looked on Heidi uni i like tiny typically Active Girt her agr shi1 was Siti Silivra and Moody she was extremely nervous with her 1 inward w in the pres ence of Twu us much so civil she mis in knew by tills m Upsel Hir Hir arms to her life seemed she appeared Oliv Luijs to he lust shul shi1 was the tub Jeci of a liirci1 Bill Elf Between her Frederick and la Ririka and the Chicago Board at do St Kail administration Timoldi thai besides being is also mentally the muss cars refused to accept this cock Yusimi and Havi Lri id to educate their daughter at last year they were edited by the administration or violating the sums compulsory St Wol att Ondanck Tim Case a to the their struggle has become a crusade for nil parents with handicapped who they con tint ure far life by an insensitive bureaucracy stat St Raul yrs children to a life of when Kidi was they tested her and Siirid Shihad an 14 i the austrian bom mrs Musser she and her husband were taken Aback by the Cutten Linn of Hie school Pinchi Logist that there was something wrong with their we thought this  be mus scr we never Tell they were we thought it was wrong to test a child at that Early age and say the child was she was a Blind child tested by stranger in a strange environment she was my cooperative with the Lugan the muss cars Battle with the a fight that has taken its especially As they tried to educate their daughter at Home with lessons that Cost from 15 to f 40 an in the first year they pro they were allowed to keep Heidi at their running tight with the school administration in with Mother after gymnastic workout though Heidi also is an accomplished eluded four examinations by school each confirming the but the muss cars had her tested by a private Charles who said thai Ikirt Seq Heidi developed what her Mother fell were her real strengths that the schools would never have de she was excellent in taking both piano and violin demonstrated a Knack for both 1 German and and showed she had through Tymna sics in her parents Heidi u demonstratively Smith says Hal the real tragedy ii that Heidi Noi sowd into what the in not because of toe school system ill happened in spite of her who has been without a Job for iwo years because of what he is discrimination against the was philosophical nuut the problem with the said the same thing about he i was Heidi Pouw said she was impressed with girls Julia and she disagreed with the assessment by school theres no question in my mind that Heidi s not re she they just misread school officials had no comment about the who is a at first acted As his own but the Case was taken Over by lawyers of the american civil liberties Muser confident of the the Law says we have to provide her with an education equal to what she would get in Public he since she was never graded by the Public i feel weve provided her with he evaluated Heidi As Dahu Teven Tii w eighth Grade work in some and Bir Grade in the oldest of four children and the Only one lives with her family in a quiet Uret Ulmat neighbourhood of one and two Story Homes on the Edge of Heidi is a filed child with original her Mother she  be but guided care fully to give her a Chance to make a great contribution to she is receiving education in the three is at which is equivalent to or better than that offered by the Chicago Public a Blind child should Mil be inns lastly coached to be As sighted As a sighted child might be Able to run faster than a Blind but most Likely would not be Able to know leaves by touch or a Bird by its the world is full of wonder and definitely can be explored equally by a Blind child As by a sighted