rosiemaphone wrote:
I go to a specialist school and I love it. There are kids with a range of difficulties there, but no-one there is "Severely" (for want of a better word) disabled. I have friends there and people accept me as I am, I board there and it's become a second home. I don't get picked on if I want to pace the grounds in the evenings, or work in a small room by myself in the daytime, and my friends understand that I 'fill up' quickly - i.e a short conversation is enough for me, I can't socialize for long periods of time. I love being able to debate with staff there. The best thing about it is I am allowed to be who I am.
...oh dear, I think I've been rambling again. So yeah, what kind of school do you go to? Do you enjoy it? Why?
Wow, I really wish I went to a place like that! I went to look at a special school while I was looking at secondary schools, but it was really for people more severe than me, and it was all a bit "dumbed-down" (no offense intended for anyone who is more severe of course!). It just wasen't for me really.
Now, if I had a school which was a compramise, which was not meant for more severe people on the spectrum yet let you be yourself, make friends, etc, it'd be in heaven!
At the moment, though, I'm just in a normal secondary school. It's usually alright these days because I'm used to it.
Hmmm...well, I'd say my school is fine for more severe and milder people. There are both, but I don't think it's "dumbed-down"; they just give us the work we can do, depending on our needs. For example, in maths, most of my class are doing GCSEs, but there are two who can't, so they just do different work with a support assistant.