"Good morning, class" the Sign Language teacher said.

"Good morning, Professor Bray" the class said.

"No, I want you to Sign it remember?" Bray said.

"I graded your finger-spelling tests, some of did well, some did not, but there are only three students here who got perfect scores and I would like to recognize them. Miss Longbottom, well, sweetheart" Bray said.

"Miss Donavan, you also extremely well, sweetie" Bray said.

"And Mister Flaherty, brilliant work, young man, it was obviously important to you that you pass this test" Bray added.

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"Emma, I passed my finger-spelling test!" Danny proclaimed at dinner. Danny picked up his tiny friend and spun her around. He faced her so she could read his lips.

"Thank you, thank you so much! You're the best!" Danny said.

"Um, you're welcome" Emma said as he sat her back down.

"Are going home for Christmas, Danny?" Emma asked.

"Yeah, oh I told my grandparents about you, Em, they want to meet you" Danny said.

"Really?" Emma said.

"My grandmother thinks you seem adorable" Danny blushed. The 11 year boy wrote his dad about his crush on Emma and his dad told him same thing Ron and Hermione told their children, keep staying friends and see what happens when they get older.

"I'll have to ask my mum, I don't know if she let Jack and I go Ireland alone" Emma said.

"Hey Emmy, mum is getting an award" Jack reading a letter form his dad.

"Really, for what?" Emma asked.

"For the success of Triple H and its ten year anniversary. She has officially been named "The Mother of the Young Differently-Abled Witches and Wizards". They're putting a statue of her at the school! It's a gala for the program on December 1st. Children of the program and alumni and their family tickets are 20 gallons, guests is 40 gallons, they money goes to the program. Each child of the program can bring three guests" Jack said.

"Leah and Danny will guys come, please?" Emma and Lizzie said.

"Um yeah we're going, two of our best friends are in the best program ever and one of them is the daughter of the founder, um hell yeah we're going" Danny said.

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Emma pulled on a brown skirt and a pink top and a white sweater over it while tying a light purple bow in her long curly hair. She then slipped into some nice sandals for the gala.

"Here Emma, you can put some lip gloss on" Leah said.

"My mum said no make-up until fourth year" Emma said.

"It's not that much make up, it's light pink" Leah said. Emma slowly took the lip gloss in her tiny hand. She then spread it on her lips.

'You look very pretty, dear' her mirror Signed. Lizzie had made something nice robes for Annie to wear as well. Jack, James and Danny were waiting for the girls in the Gryffindor common room. Emma was the first to come down.

"You look very nice, Em" Danny said blushing deeply in the process.

"Thank you, Danny" Emma blushed back. The six friends walked down to the great hall where the gala was being held.

"Jack, Emma!" Hermione said rushing towards her children.

"Mum!" Emma said running her mother.

"How's my little girl?" Hermione said hugging her daughter. Ron gave his son a hug. Emma saw Danny behind her and she took his hand.

"Mum, this is, Danny Flaherty" Emma said. Hermione smiled softly at the young man.

"Its very nice to meet you, Mistress, my parents and grandparents are big fans, they're around here somewhere, I think your program is really cool, Emma showed us" Danny said shaking Hermione's hand.

"Why thank you, young man" Hermione said.

"There's my mum, mum, dad!" Danny said waving his parents over.

"Mum, dad this Emma and Jack Weasely, two of my friends and their mum, Mistress Weasely" Danny said.

"Oh my goodness, hello Mistress, we love what you're doing for the children with special needs" Mrs. Flaherty said.

"Thank you, Mrs. Flaherty, yes I'm very passionate about the program, now especially because of this little one" Hermione said holding Emma to her side.

"Hello Emma, Danny has told us so much about you" Mr. Flaherty said shaking the little girl's tiny hand.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Flaherty" Emma said.

"Danny didn't tell us how good of a lip reader you are" Mrs. Flaherty said.

"I'm glad my mum had me learn to lip read, the deaf very stigmatized, a lot of hearing think if we can't speak, we're not worth anything" Emma said.

"My goodness, you're very clever" Mrs. Flaherty said.

"Why don't you kids go find the table reserved us, Jellybean" Ron said.

"Come on, guys" Emma said to Danny and her brother.

"Your children are just darling, are they twins?" Mrs. Flaherty asked.

"Yes, they don't look it do they?" Hermione said.

"Jack is much taller than Emma, and is Jack deaf too?" Mrs. Flaherty asked.

"No, just Emma, it's a long story" Hermione said.

"Did you see your parents, Lizzie?" Jack asked.

"Yeah and my big brother, he's 18" Lizzie said.

"What does he do?" Emma asked.

"He's on the Board of Special Education, he works with your mum and aunt" Lizzie said.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to our gala. This special ceremony is of course for a very special we have here at our school for some special children and tonight we are going to hear the voices from some of them but first I'd bring up a great young woman who started the Triple H program just ten years ago please welcome Mistress Hermione Weasely" Dumbledore said.

"Hello everyone. I don't even know what to say. When we, as in The Board of Special Education and I came up with the idea for Hogwarts' Helping Hand, we had no idea it would be this successful and we would help this so many wonderful children become independent and successful. As some of you know I was the first student here to have cancer and special needs. I was sixteen then, and I was forced to take the new W.C.A.S. Test even though I have special needs. It became a very big court case and with help with my husband who was then my boyfriend and my friend Harry Potter and Professor Dumbledore and my cousin Christine we got the W.C.A.S. abolished. Since then I promised myself and very child in our world with special needs that they will get the quality education at Hogwarts they deserve while accommodating them to help them be successful. I was so passionate about the program back then and I am even more now because my daughter Emma, who happens to be deaf, is one of the students enrolled in the program. Who inspired me to start this program was my husband Ron who has been by my side and backing me up since the day I was diagnosed with leukemia. He helped me in very step of my recovery. He taught me to talk again and walk and be independent. Even at 33 years old I still have some trouble with the same things I trouble with at 16 but he is still patient and will help me when I need it. That's what I wanted to do for these amazing children" Hermione said. She got a roar of loud applause especially Ron, Jack and Emma.
"I would now like to invite our Special Ed Coordinator Ginny Potter to explain about the program" Hermione said.

"Mistress Weasely is the prime example of what children in our program can do. With each individual child, we focus on what they can do first and then set small goals for them in the things they struggle with. The can stay at Hogwarts until they are 21 years of age under Triple H but most of the children graduate on time. Each child is assigned a counselor if they need someone to talk to. They also have there Triple H cards attached to their school bags and if they need to take a break from class for whatever reason they can show their cards to the professor and they have ten minutes for a break. For those students who have trouble with time the card has timer on it and it will go off when its time for the child to go back to class. The children who come into the Triple H are so brave because they have the courage to say "I need help" when a lot of adults don't have that kind of courage" Ginny said.

"And now, we are going to have the real stars tonight, the kids of our program. Our first speaker is a young man who graduated just last year at age 19, he has Autism so please be patient with him, please welcome Steven Waken" Hermione said clapping for him.

"He-llo, my name is Steven, I gra-dua-ted from Hog-warts last spring. I love to bake and I own a ba-ke-ry in Hogs-made. Triple H taught me to buy a flat. I have a big flat by myself in Hogsmade. I feel very good about myself every time I leave my flat to open my shop and I can support myself without from my mum or dad or sister. When I was in my sixth year I was really strug-gling and Mistress Weasely came to talk with me. She taught me one-on-one. She is such a nice lady and a very good person. I'm glad I was in the program and I'm glad I was able to go to Hog-warts" Steven said. Everyone clapped for the young man.

"Now we a young woman who graduated five years ago, Miss Sarah Freeman" Hermione said.

"Thank you, Mistress. I met Mistress Weasely when she was 17 and I was six years old under going treatment for leukemia. She was nice then and she's nice now and I'm on the Board of Special Education now and recently gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. I loved the Triple H program when I was here, I almost didn't graduate on time but thanks to Professor Ginny and Mistress Weasely and my counselor Christine I made it through and passed all my NEWTS. If my baby has any disabilities I will defiantly put her in the Triple H program because I believe in it so much. I would not be as successful as I am today if it hadn't been for Triple H" Sarah said.

"Thank you, Sarah, I remember that day at the hospital too. Our last speakers are two current first year students Elizabeth Donavan and my daughter Emma Weasely" Hermione said.

"You go first, Lizzie, I'm frightened" Emma said.

"We'll do it together, Emma. Hi I'm Lizzie"

"I'm Emma"

"We're students in the Triple H. I'm learning disabled" Lizzie said

"And I'm deaf" Emma said.

"I get my tests un-timed, and a Leaning Specialist I meet with twice a week to help me with my homework and an aid in my classes if I need her" Lizzie said.

"I also get my tests un-timed, and I have an interpreter for my classes if I need her and a note-taker" Emma said.

"We get that ten minute break if we need something to eat" Lizzie said.

"And the food is wicked" Emma said.

"Our friends are jealous because they can't be in the awesome program" Lizzie said.

"Ha ha" Emma teased.

"We'll stay in the program until we graduate" Lizzie said.

"Thanks mum for creating the best program ever!" Emma said.

"Thank you girls, that was very nice and amusing. As you can see, the children who are in this program and come out of this program are very successful. I admire them so much and I hope Triple H stays around for a long time so the amazing these amazing kids who will become successful and independent young men and women like Sarah and Steven" Hermione said.

"And now ladies and gentlemen, we have erected this statue in honor of the witch who has been fighting for rights of children with disabilities for 18 years" Dumbledore said revealing a small statue, Hermione refused to have a big statue of herself. She was kneeling in front of a children in a wheelchair, a blind child, Deaf child and mentally challenged child.

Hermione Granger-Weasely

No other witch or wizard has fought as hard to help differently-abled children in our world find their place and make feel that they belong in this world.

Was what the plaque said. Ron came to his wife and hugged her tightly and kissed her.

"I'm so proud of you" Ron whispered. Emma and Jack hugged their mother around her legs.

'I proud of you mum' Emma Signed.

'Thank you, my little girl' Hermione said.

"Good job, mum" Jack said.

"Thank you, my dashing boy" Hermione said.

"Way to go, Hermione" Harry said kissing Hermione's cheek.

"Thank you, Harry" Hermione said.

"See I knew you would do something great someday, darling" Ron said. Hermione remembered Ron and Harry saying that to her one day in the common room when she started to learn to talk.