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[quote=kristenlc1]My son is a freshman in high school. He has high functioning autism, sensory issues, dysgraphia, ADHD, anxiety and serious visual processing challenges. He has disliked school pretty much his whole life--he is no stranger to school avoidance and telling the teacher he doesn't want to do classwork. We just moved him to a school 45 min away that has great programming for kids with his profile. It has a very thoughtful curriculum, kind, well-educated staff, and an excellent transition program that bridges to internships/community college/4 year college. In middle school he was in an inappropriate placement (for kids with anxiety and school refusal) which fostered lot of bad habits and low stamina for staying on task. (We tried it because he is very sensitive to wanting to be with "regular" kids and most schools in our area have a much lower functioning population).

With the new school we were hoping its positives would ease some of his avoidant, anxiety-driven behaviors and also mitigate the long commute. Though I know it is early days yet, he is already struggling to keep up with the school routine and is leaving class and complaining that he hates school. (We do have an RDI therapist we are working with and who can observe him in the school setting). Has anyone had a kid like this and come out on the other side? I am despairing that school will ever work for him. Even trade high schools have an academic component to them--it is hard to see what kind of program will prepare him to have some sort of productive job or career. Thanks in advance for any insights you can share if our story reminds you of yours! 
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