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Puzzleheaded-Phase70 t1_j7pbv7t wrote

Reply to comment by Ductomaniac in Autism and Schools by Ductomaniac

I think that is likely going to be part of most families' solutions fit healthy autistic kids.

Even if you do find a good school program for them among the alternative schools in the area (which keep changing, so i don't have any specific recommendations this time), you and your kids will need to take charge of their education much more directly, and homecoming resources can really help.

Scouting, college programs from young people (MIT's SPLASH used to be a core for many kids, not sure about now), martial arts programs, museum programs, maker programs can all be used to collect a custom education for the specific needs of your kids without involving the traditional school system and its problems.

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SomeHomeOwner t1_j7qwhxd wrote

In my humble opinion, and I have a good amount of experience with this, your advice is misguided at best and probably more accurately described as potentially harmful.

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Puzzleheaded-Phase70 t1_j7renen wrote

My advice comes from both personal experience, a degree in psychology, and the weight of literally every single autistic adult i know, which is many.

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