Deaf teen deemed 'medically inadmissible' to join mother in Canada
http://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2015/05/16/deaf-teen-deemed-medically-inadmissible-to-join-mother-in-canada.html
Filipino caregiver Karen Talosig is faced with the choice of giving up her teenage daughter in the Philippines or her dream of permanent residence in Canada.
After waiting in the queue for her immigrant status for five years, Talosig received a letter from Citizenship and Immigration Canada this week that her 14-year-old daughter, Jazmine, has been found medically inadmissible to join her in Canada because she is deaf....
Based on reviews of Jazmines medical file and history, both the Burnaby Public School Board and the British Columbia Provincial School for the Deaf have submitted support letters arguing that the girl will not likely require special education funding.
We do not anticipate any additional costs to educating Jazmine at the B.C. School for the Deaf, beyond the regular per pupil funding for all students in B.C., wrote the boards assistant superintendent Heather Hart.
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