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My name is Sara, I'm 36 and the mother of three children, a child with severe profound autism and mental retardation (17), a 12 year old with Aspergers and a very rambunctious 2 year old. I'm also married to my hubby of almost 18 years who is undiagnosed but we know he is on the spectrum and my best friend is also on the spectrum. I joined because I would love to get some feedback on how to fully understand my 12 year old to make the best choices for him and how to relate to him and hopefully get how he thinks. My current decision is pulling him from traditional school next year and putting him in an online program offered by our district, where his IEP and gifted testing will travel with him, but the bullies will not. I just regret not doing this before now, as the bullying has been going on since 1st grade and the uplifting that I and others do are being countermanded by the harsh words of his peers. I look forward to getting involved in this community.

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Hi! I wish my mother would have done that for me. I really respect you for trying to understand your children!

Welcome to WrongPlanet, Shani. I wish you the best of luck on getting what you need from this website.

Welcome Shani! My mother did the exact same thing with me, pulled me out of public school and devised a curriculum for me at home, and I am so glad she did! I homeschooled from first to ninth grade, then I made the decision to attend high school because I wanted to get into college and I was afraid it might be harder if I just got my GED (I probably would have been fine though, since I just wanted to go to a state school anyway). Also, I think autistic kids benefit from learning on our own because we can't necessarily jump through academic hoops as well as the other kids (especially in high school!).

Try not to feel too regretful, you are making a great decision here, and it can be very frightening to try something new and different from what everyone else is doing! But I've found that in my life, as an autistic person, it is almost always the right thing to do, because I AM different. Good luck!

Welcome to Wrong Planet!