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Reply to "Applying to private mainstream schools, when to share dx"
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[quote=Anonymous]I would not necessarily tell the diagnosis -- "autism" is a scary word, and since kids are so different, doesn't really tell the administrators about your kids specific strengths and weaknesses. But I would be very open with your kids strengths (of course!) and what things he might need help with. Our experience was in pre-k, when public school starts for us. We knew DC couldn't handle the large class sizes of public school, so we sent her to a private school with a reputation for being small and nurturing. We were not explicit about her challenges -- we didn't fully recognize them ourselves then, and we wanted to get in, since we were sure it would be the right fit. Long story short, it was not at all the right fit, and we left after that year. You might also want to post here what schools you are considering because others might have experience with how it handles certain issues.[/quote]
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