Kyle,
That sounds like a real pain! My son does have mild speech issues so he may 
 be difficult to understand on occasion so I'm wondering what they will 
attach to  his license. Thanks for the story! Something to pray about! I'm 
certain my son  will need adaptations to drive such as hand controls. Initially, 
I was going to  try OVR because of the high cost of driving lessons  (the 
student needs to  get some many hours to get a license now and the car can't 
get adapted without  orders from someone so you need to go with a driving 
lesson place that has an  adapted car for your child to practice on) After 
talking to OVR (I was very  disappointed because I estimated the cost at about 
$10,000), I found out they  don't get involved until the person is out of 
high school  (my son has 1  more year) and they charge by your income. I asked 
for their scale rate and it  was high. And they thought this was an annual 
charge for each year they  provided services. 
Cindy 
 
 
In a message dated 5/19/2009 9:09:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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Cindy,

Interesting story about driving...

I got my  license at 16 like the rest of the kids in my class.  My CP is
so mild  that there weren't any issues (though not having any depth
perception makes  parking fun.  As my wife says, I tend to 'round off'
the corners on  our cars a bit.  ;-)  ).  I started college at Ohio
State,  and when it became obvious I was going to become a resident of
Ohio I had  to get a new license in the state.  At the time, Ohio law
mandated  that folks under 21 had to take both the written and practical
tests in  order to transfer licensing from another state.  I passed both
tests  without a hitch, but when I looked at my license there was a
restriction  code on it.  I looked up the code and it said, "no  special
attachments".  I was pretty self-conscious about my limp at  the time so
I got really upset with the examiner and pointed out my  original had no
such coding.  He was intransigent and said that he put  the code on so
that if I was stopped by the police they would not  automatically assume
I had been drinking.  I don't have speech issues  at all, so I think his
argument was pretty hollow.

That code has  been on my license for thirty years and no cop has ever
understood the "no  special attachments" code.  In the half-dozen or so
times that I've  actually been pulled over I can't think of a single
incident when I didn't  have to get out of the car and walk so the
officer could see what I was  talking about.  Switching car insurance
companies or renting a car is  always fun (not) because I have to go
through this windy explanation what  the heck "no special attachments"
means.  =20

Kyle


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