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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]he's already going to be an "old" Kindergartener.  Is he going in with an IEP?  If so, then I wouldn't hold him back.  He'll be almost 2 years older than some of his peers.  It will hurt him in the end.

My child was in the same boat as you.  He has a December birthday and is autistic.  With an IEP, he got the assistence he  needed to make up for the deficits.  If you wait until they are too old, then your child is playing with kids who are not his peers at all.  Is that the kind of roll-modelling that you want for your child?[/quote]

I completely and respectfully disagree with this. Giving my child the extra year he has gone from sticking out to being "often indistiguishable from his peers." He has real friendships and he gets invited on playdates without me befriending the mom first. He is mainstream all the way and there are zero complaints. Who cares if you are older than your classmates? I think emotional and social maturity matter most. By the time my son goes off to college (and yes, we are investing for it and we don't see any reason why he won't one day go) I want him to have all the maturity possible. Heck by the time he reaches the peer pressures of middle school I am glad he will have had a extra year to mature.  Down the line when (if) he marries, I have no problem with him marrying a woman a few years younger or even a decade younger for that matter. I highly doubt anyone will care by then that he had the gift of time early on.

One nice thing about the redshirting trend in this area is redshirted SN kids won't be alone. I highly doubt your child will be the only child older for the year. Do what is best for your child. Get lots of professional opinions. Just about every professional I talked to except those in the public school system , agreed that it's a great idea for my child.[/quote]

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