Therapist says I should be in a special school

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My therapist suggest I should be in a special school ( and or out of district )she also suggested I should learn how to take care myself like shower myself and dress myself and stuff.

She gave me a paper with directions on how to shower with and without doing my hair i'm trying to tell her I need more help to do my hair dry off and turn the shower on and off. She had me wash my dolls hair in their bathroom and said by that assessment I could do it on my own and that you seen kids with autism that are younger than me that can wash and dry themselves and their hair in the shower and do their own hair but I still think I need help she also says that she should cut my hair so what is easier for me to wash.

(Apparently she only sees high functioning kids although she does see level 2 kids not mid functioning like me she said she didn't want to argue about me being mid functioning .)

But I want to wait to cut it for locks for love.

I just wanted to be in a 15-1 or autism class in my school.

Whether you end up going to a special school, or go back to your old school, I gather are matters still to be worked through in discussions with your therapist. It does make sense to me though that your therapist would be discussing personal hygiene matters with you, because your ability to take care of yourself will help determine which school you end up going to. Since you're expressed interest in returning to your old school, I think it is in your best interest to listen to what your therapist is telling you, because following her advice, will get you back to your old school sooner rather than later.

I don't get it---you've been taking care of your physical needs for years. What makes the therapist think you need education in them now?

Have you regressed in that aspect of things? If so, I'm sure you could regain the ability on your own. You don't need flash cards to teach you how to take a shower!

For some reason, I don't like the sound of this.

But then, I'm not there.

I saw your tape. In terms of your speech, you clutter (I clutter also). You do leave words out.Your speech issues aren't major IMHO ("in my honest opinion")--I studied speech pathology in college. You have a decent voice. Maybe you rush too much when you speak--like I do. Maybe you need to slow down.

I think you're a decent writer when you edit your writing properly. There are times when you don't. I can tell.

I think you're one of those who does better when they're motivated.

There are autistic people who have trouble taking care of themselves, but who succeed academically. You could be one of those sorts of people. Maybe you should be educated in "taking care of yourself"--but you should be educated in your strengths, too, IMHO. You should be given a chance academically IMHO. You do enjoy doing academic work, right?

You posted a tape of yourself with your grandmother, asking us if you're autistic.

It's possible your reading and writing have regressed because you haven't been practicing your reading and writing. That happens to anyone, even geniuses.

Right now, I think you're in a decent frame of mind. You have insight. I wish you would start doing lots of reading, and lots of writing.