Looking at High School for Asperger Girl

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter is a high functioning Aspie, with an exceptional IQ but almost no executive functioning skills. She also has a generalized anxiety disorder. She is doing very well academically in 8th grade at a top 5 private school in the area, but socially it has been challenging. She has lots of "friends" but no one that she considers as a close friend that she can confide in. She is truly struggling with finding her people. She is hoping to transfer to another private school or possibly to the local public (one of the Ws) for 9th grade. My husband and I are supportive of that, but not sure what direction to point her in. She would like a co-ed school that can challenge her academically but that wouldn't be a pressure-cooker for the anxiety.

Anyone with an Asperger's/high anxiety kid that can relate and have a thought on the best high school options?

My dd with HFA ( not called Aspergers anymore due to the fact he was really horrible person) Read this: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/world/europe/hans-asperger-nazis.html


She went to Emerson prep when it was in Dupont circle. It moved to downtown dc https://www.emersonprep.org/

It is a great school that is very kind and supportive. Nora school in DTSS is another good school ( my other DD goes there) Also very supportive for HFA and not a pressure cooker.

Good luck!

Do you believe everything you hear? Reclassification in 2013 had nothing to do with Hans Asberger's personage. It was done to move Aspergers onto the autism spectrum. By doing this, children such as my DX received the "autism" diagnosis which is an enormous help when trying to get IEP accommodations in high school and disability services in college. It remains there because most clinicians believe Aspergers is truly one end of the autism spectrum. Most people, however, continue to use the term "Aspergers" while knowing this because the description conveys more clearly what the person has and what they can do and cannot do better than the blanket term "autism" or
on the spectrum". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is a high functioning Aspie, with an exceptional IQ but almost no executive functioning skills. She also has a generalized anxiety disorder. She is doing very well academically in 8th grade at a top 5 private school in the area, but socially it has been challenging. She has lots of "friends" but no one that she considers as a close friend that she can confide in. She is truly struggling with finding her people. She is hoping to transfer to another private school or possibly to the local public (one of the Ws) for 9th grade. My husband and I are supportive of that, but not sure what direction to point her in. She would like a co-ed school that can challenge her academically but that wouldn't be a pressure-cooker for the anxiety.

Anyone with an Asperger's/high anxiety kid that can relate and have a thought on the best high school options?

My dd with HFA ( not called Aspergers anymore due to the fact he was really horrible person) Read this: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/world/europe/hans-asperger-nazis.html


She went to Emerson prep when it was in Dupont circle. It moved to downtown dc https://www.emersonprep.org/

It is a great school that is very kind and supportive. Nora school in DTSS is another good school ( my other DD goes there) Also very supportive for HFA and not a pressure cooker.

Good luck!

Do you believe everything you hear? Reclassification in 2013 had nothing to do with Hans Asberger's personage. It was done to move Aspergers onto the autism spectrum. By doing this, children such as my DX received the "autism" diagnosis which is an enormous help when trying to get IEP accommodations in high school and disability services in college. It remains there because most clinicians believe Aspergers is truly one end of the autism spectrum. Most people, however, continue to use the term "Aspergers" while knowing this because the description conveys more clearly what the person has and what they can do and cannot do better than the blanket term "autism" or
on the spectrum". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome

I find it funny that you ask me with a serious post "do you believe everything you read" and then tell me to read something that YOU believe. Do you believe everything you read? As a matter of fact, my brother was living in Germany and he told me the Nazi connection. I never said it was the only reason because I did not want to write a novel. When I am talking about my dd I say she has HFA ( high functioning Autism) and people understand that very well thank you!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Whitman might work just because it is huge and there are a lot of kids/groups. Academically it will challenge her too.

If I were you, I would find a good academic fit first and then worry about the social piece because the social piece can vary very much by year and group at any school.

Also, with a very large school there is a chance that your DD will find a group to fit in. At a smaller school, you are pretty much stuck.

My niece with generalized anxiety disorder, poor executive functioning and ADHD did very well at her very large public high school and also had friends including a BFF.

Thanks! These are both things that I was hoping to hear. Sounds like we should consider public school way more seriously than we do currently. Always thought having that many kids in the building/classes would be difficult for her to focus and perform, but having the social aspect of it all under control and going well would probably make everything else much easier in the long run.