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[quote=Anonymous]Apologies in advance as I’m sure this has been asked a million times in a million different ways, but here I go. Our  4.3 year old son has ASD - generally, he’s verbal, engaged, able to be part of the group, likes to joke, gravitates toward adults, is reading at a 1st grade level, and loves numbers. Though he can be with a group at pre-school, he has very limited ability to play with peers and he can be extremely sensitive, anxious, and/or fearful.  He was just tested and his development (leaving aside social skills) is average or above average, except his expressive speech is below average (he’s very talkative but not really conversational and social speech is lacking).  He functions well enough at pre school - they’ve figured out strategies to help his emotionality - and right now he’s not particularly disruptive or distracting.

We are relocating from California to Northern Virginia in a year when he is scheduled to start kindergarten. Based on what I’ve read here, it sounds like finding a regular private school for him will be an uphill battle, even though they claim to accept neurodiverse kids. So, with that in mind, what public elementary schools do you recommend in the districts I listed. We can basically choose to live anywhere in Northern Va. We will just go where is best for my son. I’ve heard these districts are well funded and potentially a good option for kids like mine, but I also understand the districts are large and there’s lots of variation. Therefore, specificity would be immensely appreciated as we go through this journey.

Thank you in advance. [/quote]

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