1MIDDLETOWN, NJ – A mother living with deafblindness is locked in a years-long battle to secure school transportation for her children after being denied bussing due to district policy, she says.

Carolyn Bradfield, who suffers from a genetic disorder that causes hearing and vision loss, says walking her kids to school is unsafe—and driving is no longer an option.

The school district says she lives too close to qualify, despite her disability and repeated pleas for accommodation.

Bradfield, diagnosed with Usher syndrome, has experienced hearing loss since she was 2 and now lives with progressive vision loss as well. She stopped driving in 2020 due to her condition and has since relied on friends and neighbors to help get her three children to New Monmouth Elementary School.

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