Special-education and my new placement

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At Palisadesprep I was taken to the rockland program because I was re assesed as emotionally disturbed got interviewed and he said it wasn't for me is that I had Moderate to severe autism and I don't think OCD horting and psychosis and or PTSD they said I would be bullied there and that I don't think I will be able to do the work much less get there on time I want to change my diagnosis to want to Back to other Heath impairment autism or multiply handicapped. And they want to send me to another special school but don't know where. Since I do not have behavioral issues even though our wander off and rock back-and-forth etc. I can't go to one of those programs because they will be too rough and they joke around too much with the r word. Now I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place they have no place to get regular diploma unless I hope and pray and go back to that but if I don't get school I may never get the treatment I need even attempt to go to get a regular or regents diploma evenhome and hospital isn't working I can't get any work done and I'm talking the teacher for the full two hours

Isn't there something I could do to go to college one day and maybe get a job or at least be safe and I have enough money to live on one day I know I could try for A GED but I heard Its very hard and then my family and has a lot of stigma I just want to be back to my old self again. Before this horrible thing happened. But I don't know if I can shake it off. I wanted to be a doctor because of my illnesses and Autism I don't think that I can and the being a doctor because it's too severe . But my parents ( grandmother and uncle) are over the place about this I was ready to try the day treatment program but they didn't want me to go because they didn't think it was a good idea and neither did my theripist or mom I decided after trying it out once not to go there for the day to try it out again.

My parents cannot afford homeschooled at all nor are they teachers plus they live in New York we only state to take the regents it's much worse. Have you ever been in a school day treatment program what was it like?

I mean sort of like having a stroke you know you could do better because you did better before but for some reason you can't.

For those of you who live in New York how do you guys do it?

I am so depressed I just want to go back to my old school and being me again or I want to go to the autism program my school.

My parents think because I can go on the computer and read the computer that I can read actual books besides kids books and write essays reports and regents and answer question are you answering questions on certain things of the teacher would teach me and I can barely do that means you could answer everything. And believe me I'm or at least use to be one of those people like kessie from whinnie the pooh who loved to learn but now I can badly absorbe anything. It's like I have brain damage.

Lupa: That's what I've been trying to tell her all along!

My feeling is: you feel like these education people are "putting you through the ringer."--using you like a Ping-Pong ball.

I wish you could find a place where you could study. Maybe a 1 on 1 with an aide within a "regular class." You have to really make an effort not to act out in class, though. I wish they would give you the opportunity to try to prove yourself in this way.

I understand what you are going through. I used to "act out in class" when I was younger. They were thinking about putting me in Linden Hill, in Hawthorne. Do you know Linden Hill?

After all the threats, I decided to just "screw it." I made an effort to control myself which was pretty successful. I got through the 8th grade without trouble. I did go to a "special" high school.

It seems like you're writing a little better, too. You have to do a little better as far as punctuation is concerned--but I could understand your writing much better than a couple of months ago. Maybe it's the medication?

Jenisautistic, where are you in NY? There are many school options in Manhattan, if you are not far from there. You would be provided a bus.

I'm confused, though. I think you are saying that at your most recent IEP meeting, they changed your IEP from Other Health Impaired to Emotionally Disturbed because they are saying you may have OCD, psychosis, hoarding tendencies or PTSD? Is that right? If so, who did these psychological tests? Also, I think you are saying that the director of the Rockland place does not think you belong there because he/she feels all of your issues are due to moderate autism and you are not emotionally disturbed- did I understand this right?

If you are close to Manhattan, there is a good school called The Rebecca School for kids with mild to moderate autism. There are a few good schools here that you would probably do really well at. But, you need to change your IEP back from ED to OHI if you do not, in fact, have these other issues- as it will affect which schools you can look at. There are also really good schools for kids with ED in their IEP, but you want to find the perfect school for you.

Whoever told you that GED is hard was definitely overstating the difficulty level of GED. They are not that difficult. Also, my nephew was mildly autistic and he was enrolled in Aaron School in New York and he has been happier ever since.

It's you who is making the commute, not your family.

If you could handle the commute, why not try it?

Of course.

38 minutes is a darn good commute!

I have to commute about 1 1/4 hours each way to my job--even though I park my car near the subway station.

I commute 90+ minutes each way to uni but I get a free government funded taxi as I am unable to use public transport. I don't know what the system is in the US though.