
Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Issue #953 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY, September 10, 2024: ‘GUARDIAN ANGEL Helping Disabled Migrant Kids’ Pictures by ZUMA Press represented Chicago Tribune’s photographer Armando L. Sanchez and story by staff writer Nell Salzman: Mary Otts-Rubenstein, who has her own child with disabilities, is helping migrant families with medically complex children enroll in Chicago’s Public Schools. But it doesn’t get easier once the kids are enrolled because the system is overwhelmed. Otts-Rubenstein has been leading volunteer efforts for these children for over two months, stepping in where city officials have failed to identify and provide acceptable solutions for disabled migrants. Experts say children with severe disabilities born in the United States are already at a disadvantage in accessing a quality education, but migrant families with disabled children face especially daunting hurdles. Welcome to ‘GUARDIAN ANGEL Helping Disabled Migrant Kids’
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