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[quote=Anonymous]If your child can function well in general ed settings with minimal support, public would probably be fine. The local school divisions are moving (slowly) towards more inclusion. The problem is that no one is all the way there yet, so you have kids with ASD "included" in gen ed but the gen ed teachers don't really know how to support them, and there are often not enough push in teachers or ones with the right training. And even if all that falls into place, the classes are still large, and some kids can't handle that. If this doesn't work, you're in a self contained special ed setting. Those classes are smaller but they are often mixed grade, it's hard to know if they are still providing grade level content, and sometimes the peer mix can be challenging.

I think there are a lot of kids with disabilities who could do well in a gen ed setting if the classes were smaller and they had good support. But that doesn't exist in public. You have to go private for that.

Consider your options carefully. If you really can live anywhere, then you can live in a less expensive area with worse schools and pay for private. [/quote]

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