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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I the only one who feels this way? It seems like even us SN parents, who should be the most accepting and understanding, still seem to cultivate an "us v them" mentality, like the more severe the special need, the more shame attached to it. Kids with undesirable behaviors are on the bottom of the heap. Even special needs schools don't want them. Private schools for special needs kids that don't want to be called "special education" schools. Or people going out of their way for their child to not be lumped in with kids with autism. A school that will take some ASD kids but doesn't want to admit it. "My child only has ADHD so I'm not posting in the special needs forum" etc etc.

I don't think I"m articulating very well. [/quote]

I hear you. But the thing is that "SN" represents a VERY diverse group. One of my children is SN because of hearing loss. The other is SN because, well, we don't even know why. Maybe ADHD, maybe HFA, maybe anxiety, maybe just my genes...so hard to know. It's just very hard to lump it all together, especially when talking schools. There will of course be more resources for certain kids than others. The more specific you can be about who your kid is (and who they are not) the better services you can identify and pursue.[/quote]

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