Homeschool: If you could choose, would it be Gr 2-6 or 6-9?

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I REALLY REALLY wish I was home schooled the whole time from grade 1-9. I was bullied mercilessly and was miserable!! I went from being a very precocious youngster (preschooler/kindergartener) who went around reciting the prime numbers and vocabulary words…. and would make up my own "spelling work sheets" ...to a child who was barely passing my courses and refused to do any work at school. I became depressed by my early high school years. In grade 11 all of a sudden I was back on track bcs of more freedom to choose courses and fewer bullies.....but , I reiterate, I REALLY REALLY wish I had been home schooled!! ! This being said ....if I had to choose I would say later grades.

I'm completely new to the whole world of AS and ASD, but I had a thought as I read through this forum. If you plan to send him back to school after home schooling him, would it not be best to desensitize him to some of the things that he will have to face again when he returns to class?
I was thinking that maybe a recording of the sounds of a classroom on CD, played very lowly, and gradually increased in volume may help him adjust to that, as per the lighting, maybe tinted eyeglasses (not necessarily sunglasses which would make him "stand out" more from the crowd, but tinted prescription style glasses. I'm NT and I had to have them in high school because the lighting gave me migraines).
I just think that if you're going to pull him out to put him back in, it might be best to prepare him as best you can for what he will have to reintegrate to. Also, find out what activities his friends are in, and try to put him in the same, that way he can maintain those friendships In my area, Home school kids can attend their local school's extra curricular activities.
Good luck! Hope things go smoothly with his transitioning.

I was homeschooled grades 6-9, so I'd say then.

Same here, in high school, I didn't behave that well and was subjected to a great amount of bullying myself. I started losing my interest in trying in school around 8th-9th grade and my grades slipped great time and I became extremely depressed. I begged my parents to home school me, but they thought that will stunt my personal growth, but in reality, keeping me in a normal school in high school actually was the one which stunted my growth though. I am in community college right now and finally started to actually try and have passed two semeseters (3.0-ish gpa hoping to see 4-year transfer units become solid GPA wise, even though it was a struggle), and hit a big roadblock (I bombed this semester and have a long story to how I messed the semester up even though I tried, just because of one stinkin' class).
But hey, when you are aroud positive people, your attitude becomes more positive and you will want to live life to the fullest. Don't give up and have faith in yourself!

Having gone to public school 1-6 and home-schooled 7-11, my experience is a positive one. The advantage of being home-schooled in my teens was that I could pursue a personalized curriculum and advance my education at my own pace, without having to deal with overwhelming social difficulties until I was more prepared (if only slightly) to do so in my college years. If you do decide to home-school him, I would recommend taking him to music lessons. I've played classical piano for 14 years and claim it has put me in an advantageous position in understanding my own emotional and psychological landscape in relation to my peers... just my two cents, however.

I was pulled out of school right after preschool. I remember not being able to play with the other kids, and basically just standing there being lost. In my circumstance, it may have been best to homeschool early, and that is what happened. I was homeschooled until 8th grade. When I came back to school, I was teased alot and it was a bit of a struggle. I was two grades ahead, but the school didn't honor that because I didn't have standardized tests and placing me two grades ahead would put my socially-inept self in the middle of high school. I ended up sleeping through 8th and 9th grades just because I already learned alot of the material.

The only difficulty I had with going back to school was the social thing, not only was I already handicapped in this area, but I also had deficient experience. Since your son seems to enjoy his friends at school, it might be best to leave him in for now, so he can practice social skills. It's better to learn those things at an early age, and it's less common for others to bully him at 7 years old. I would definitely wait on homeschooling and let him socialize. Then if bullying becomes a problem when he gets older, you can take him out. He won't learn anything valuable from being bullied, regardless of what some "experts" say.

I'm forever thankful to my mom for homeschooling me, but I only wish I somehow had the best of both worlds: socialization + accelerated learning. Fortunately for your son, he seems to have friends that he enjoys, so take advantage of that and leave him in. In the meantime, I'd suggest doing summer work with him so he's a step ahead academically. Also, make sure you keep records of his progress when you do homeschool him, because that could push him ahead a few grades when he does return to school.

If the two were mutually exclusive, I would pick grade 6-9 rather than 2-6.

1. Kids are immature, hostile, and cruel during grades 6-9. Lord of the flies.
2. Going into that environment without any social preparation from grades 2-6 will be brutal.