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[quote=Anonymous]21:25  She did OK.  She found a group of geeky friends plus friends in her athletic team and specialty subject matter.  She was not Miss Congeniality but with 2200 kids or so she definitely found buddies whom she keeps in contact with.  One went on to be her roommate in college which was fantastic!  But public can be overwhelming for some HFAs due to the crush of kids, noise, bells, etc. So your results may vary. The IEP certainly helped.  She was not in contained classrooms so was mainstreamed and had a second teacher in each classroom which significantly helped in upper level math and science courses.  I would definitely do it the same way again.  I would not do it with a 504, however.  With an autism diagnosis you should get an IEP but you may have to fight for it.  She got As and Bs and did well enough to get into a good university EA.  Transition to university had its ups and downs but nothing like it would have been had she stayed in a small SN school.  On the other hand, we have a younger child who is in a wonderfull small SN school right now.  For that child, it works.  But I know that child will have zero transition problems and is less disabled.[/quote]

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