tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post113906748730826203..comments2023-10-18T04:52:43.144-04:00Comments on Autism's Edges: RefuseMothersVoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479178355207142195noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1139267095301836702006-02-06T18:04:00.000-05:002006-02-06T18:04:00.000-05:00I don't know how you support the good parts of it ...I don't know how you support the good parts of it without also exposing your son to the bad.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps by lobbying the administration to move the school to a proper location? Or by fundraising so that they can move themselves?<BR/><BR/>I don't know what makes people think that autistic kids don't belong in school - or, at least, "not in OUR school".<BR/><BR/>Someone once explained to me Jannalouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013268003390172957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1139154184584558752006-02-05T10:43:00.000-05:002006-02-05T10:43:00.000-05:00Unfortunately, you need lots and lots of money to ...Unfortunately, you need lots and lots of money to grow a garden that reaps a crop of wonderful opportunities for your child and their education. The public and sometimes private either do not have the resources, like you mentioned, or do not even know how to provide those opportunities. I wonder if Gabe will fall into a category where he is too academically on par, but his behavoir warrants a Mom to Mr. Handsomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664592848896720811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1139115667140648772006-02-05T00:01:00.000-05:002006-02-05T00:01:00.000-05:00This is the sort of thing that needs to be written...This is the sort of thing that needs to be written.<BR/><BR/>I am guessing that the phenomenon you (and other parents) have observed is largely an economic matter...though there are quite a lot of developmentally-different children in existence, there are fewer of them (us?) than typically-developing ones, making it more difficult to establish stable resources for this group. There is also the Zilarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14180692415604127726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1139091047609189662006-02-04T17:10:00.000-05:002006-02-04T17:10:00.000-05:00We took off the gloves to handle our district last...We took off the gloves to handle our district last year for Charlie---maybe our reputation is a lot less pristine and shiney than it used to be (and we emit a strong scent of squeaky-wheel grease), but what joy do I feel to say, that Charlie loves his new school? Along the way to finding his school, we refused one cruddy, ******** placement after the next---why is it that "educators" think they kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104388229716638534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421951.post-1139086756063792222006-02-04T15:59:00.000-05:002006-02-04T15:59:00.000-05:00Fabulous. You said it well...I wrote a lot about o...Fabulous. You said it well...I wrote a lot about our school searches in some December and January entries in my blog. <BR/><BR/>I am also going through the same process. It is exhausting and I can barely catch my breath thinking of the struggles we will have year after year...<BR/><BR/>It goes without saying that from where we stand, this hurdle seems larger than Mt. Everest. <BR/><BR/>Let me Estee Klar-Wolfondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075904929829751057noreply@blogger.com