Cindy,

I also looked into OVR as a senior in high school in hopes of getting  
some help paying for college.  At least then (1991) they paid 80% of  
your financial need.  But even though we were a one-income family,  
very middle class, my need was determined to be 0...and 80% of 0 =  
nada.  What all that paperwork and physical and a couple meetings did  
get me, though, was "preferential" registration rights so I was  
registering for classes as a freshman when the seniors could register  
so I always got the classes I needed.  That saved my family a lot of  
money and I graduated with 27 EXTRA credits in four years. :)  So,  
the OVR route did help me, indirectly, financially, even though they  
didn't give me a penny directly.

Linda Macaulay

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On May 19, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Cindy Mallory wrote:

> 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,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> 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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